Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738
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Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.
—Confucius, c. 350 BCToo many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956Charity 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 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, 1894