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

—Alexander Pope, 1738

Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1932

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

—Ralph Nader, 2000

The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.

—Molière, 1666

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1992

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

—Antonio Porchia, 1943
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