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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us read more
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as read more
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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.
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?
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].