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The deed is everything, the glory naught.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

—Molière, 1666

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80

Charity is murder and you know it.

—Dorothy Parker, 1956

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1992

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

—Alexander Pope, 1738
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