"Women know the damnation of charity because the……" — Rebecca West
"Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages."
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85 Quotes by Rebecca West
Rebecca West has 85 quotes on this site.
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Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical…
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The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.
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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to…
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Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless…
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There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live and the will to die.
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Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china.
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Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them…
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There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.
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All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to…
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Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.
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For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up…
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It seemed a good idea at the time.
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More Alms Quotes
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one of 82 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or…
— Lord Acton
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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
— Ambrose
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Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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By our little acts of charity practiced in the shade we convert souls far away, we help missionaries, we win…
— Therese of Lisieux
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Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example,…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and…
— Walter Benjamin
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I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they…
— Ben Hecht
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This is what you should do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone…
— Walt Whitman
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Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust;…
— Richard of Chichester
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The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you;…
— Pope Leo I
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If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get…
— Charles Spurgeon
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