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The gratitude is greater than the gift.

—Pierre Corneille, 1641

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

I love everyone now that I have gray hair.

—Polatkin, c. 1855

Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.

—Albert Camus, 1956

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1992
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