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

—Antonio Porchia, 1943

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

—Maya Angelou, 1993

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

—Euripides, 431 BC

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

—Ralph Nader, 2000

Charity is murder and you know it.

—Dorothy Parker, 1956

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80
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