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It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
Charity well directed should begin at home.
[Fr., Charite bien ordonne commence pay soy mem.]
Charity well directed should begin at home.
[Fr., Charite bien ordonne commence pay soy mem.]
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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?
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
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.
