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Being Generous, that’s style.

“Bill was less effusive, but obviously enjoyed his company. An exception to Truman’s observation that the rich are cheap, Bill was exceedingly generous, paying Truman’s way on most of their travels and once even offering to buy him a house, an offer that Truman wisely but gratefully refused. Most of all, Bill was generous in giving him his wife, in allowing Truman to join them on their travels and in their home. “He handed Babe to Truman on a silver platter,” said Jack Dunphy, who had been Truman’s companion since the late forties and who knew and liked both Paleys.”

Vanity Fair.