Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738
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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
—Antonio Porchia, 1943If 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, 1894Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956I love everyone now that I have gray hair.
—Polatkin, c. 1855The gratitude is greater than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille, 1641