Apple trees Quote by Austin O'Malley

“Philanthropy is. . . greatly overrated. A pain in the gut is not sympathy for the underprivileged, but the result of eating a green…

— Henry David Thoreau

A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.

— Nachman of Breslov

... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.

— George Eliot

He who does a kindness to an ungrateful person, sets his seal to a flint and sows his seed upon the sand; on the…

— Robert South

Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.

— Thomas a Kempis

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

— George Orwell

“It is as necessary for a poor man to give away, as for a rich man. Many poor men are more devoted worshipers of…

— George MacDonald

“It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.”

— Shannon L. Alder

He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.

— Thomas Browne

“There were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the…

— Charles Dickens

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

— Philibert Joseph Roux