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
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Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.
—Confucius, c. 350 BCEvery gift has a personality—that of its giver.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1992Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
—Jules Renard, 1898It is more blessed to give than to receive.
—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80The gratitude is greater than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille, 1641