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Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

—Jules Renard, 1898

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

—Mark Twain, 1894

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

—Ralph Nader, 2000

Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.

—Albert Camus, 1956

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

—Maya Angelou, 1993

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

—Molière, 1666

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

—William Blake, 1804

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

—Antonio Porchia, 1943

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1992

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

—Alexander Pope, 1738

The gratitude is greater than the gift.

—Pierre Corneille, 1641

Charity is murder and you know it.

—Dorothy Parker, 1956