The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832
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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.
—Eva Perón, 1949Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1992Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.
—Confucius, c. 350 BCIf 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