Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956
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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
—Antonio Porchia, 1943The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
—Jules Renard, 1898Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738