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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Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
—Antonio Porchia, 1943It is more blessed to give than to receive.
—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80The gratitude is greater than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille, 1641The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666