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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I love everyone now that I have gray hair.
—Polatkin, c. 1855It is more blessed to give than to receive.
—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1992