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

—Antonio Porchia, 1943

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

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

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

—Ralph Nader, 2000

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

—Alexander Pope, 1738
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