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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man read more
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.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionating those who read more
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage
their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
