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The gratitude is greater than the gift.

—Pierre Corneille, 1641

Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.

—Eva Perón, 1949

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

—Ralph Nader, 2000

If 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

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

—Euripides, 431 BC

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80
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