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Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1932

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

—Antonio Porchia, 1943

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

—Molière, 1666

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1992

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

—Albert Camus, 1956

Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.

—Confucius, c. 350 BC
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