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Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Pity the sorrow of a poor old man,
Whose trembling limbs have brought him to your door.
Pity the sorrow of a poor old man,
Whose trembling limbs have brought him to your door.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a read more
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine,
would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that read more
Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
