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• There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond… — Lord Acton
• Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give… — Rebecca West
• The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt. — Ambrose
• Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• By our little acts of charity practiced in the shade we convert souls far away, we help missionaries, we win for them… — Therese of Lisieux
• Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal… — Walter Benjamin
• I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both… — Ben Hecht
• This is what you should do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,… — Walt Whitman
• Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to… — Unknown Author
• The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you… — Pope Leo I

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