Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738
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They say that gifts persuade even the gods.
—Euripides, 431 BCIt is more blessed to give than to receive.
—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
—Jules Renard, 1898Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1992Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932