The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832
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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, 1894I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
—Antonio Porchia, 1943Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956I love everyone now that I have gray hair.
—Polatkin, c. 1855A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000