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It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80

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

—G.K. Chesterton, 1932

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

—Alexander Pope, 1738

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

—Confucius, c. 350 BC

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

—Molière, 1666

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

—Euripides, 431 BC
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