The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832
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The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
—Jules Renard, 1898A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932