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    The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
    desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity
    there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by
    it.

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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Charity Quotes,
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True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

by Emanuel Swedenborg Found in: Charity Quotes,
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It is religion to be thus forsworn,
For charity itself fulfills the law
And who can never read more

It is religion to be thus forsworn,
For charity itself fulfills the law
And who can never love from charity?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Charity Quotes,
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Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Charity Quotes,
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They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And read more

They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball.

by Ogden Nash Found in: Charity Quotes,
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Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

by Phillips Brooks Found in: Charity Quotes,
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All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour,
She stood as a marble would stand,
Then the Saviour bent read more

All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour,
She stood as a marble would stand,
Then the Saviour bent down, and the Saviour
In silence wrote on in the sand.

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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

by St. Francis Of Assisi Found in: Charity Quotes,
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He is truly great who hath a great charity.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

by Thomas A. Kempis Found in: Charity Quotes,
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