The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666
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Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.
—Eva Perón, 1949If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.
—William Blake, 1804Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993