"Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when……" — Leo Tolstoy
"Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get."
More Alms Quotes
- There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or… — Lord Acton
- Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather… — 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… — Therese of Lisieux
- Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example,… — 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… — Walter Benjamin
- I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they… — Ben Hecht
- This is what you should do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone… — Walt Whitman
- Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust;… — Unknown Author
- The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you;… — Pope Leo I