Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738
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I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832If 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, 1894The gratitude is greater than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille, 1641A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000