#charity

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich. ↗

— Evita Peron

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Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. ↗

— Francis Quarles

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

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It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

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Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. ↗

— George Sand

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For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life. ↗

— Eduardo Saverin

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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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