Philanthropy

Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms.

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It is not that there may be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality.

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For his bountyWere dolphin-like.

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For this relief, much thanks: 'tis bitter cold,And I am sick at heart.

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Speak with me, pity me, open the door:A beggar begs that never begg'd before.

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'Tis not enough to help the feeble up,But to support him after.

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The best philanthropy is anonymous charity.

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You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

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Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

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Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.

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He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

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A kind and gentle heart he had, When he put on his clothes.

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Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.

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Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.

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By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

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It never was our guiseTo slight the poor, or aught humane despise.

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In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight,And poverty stood smiling in my sight.

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Alas! for the rarityHome had she none.

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He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

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In Misery's darkest caverns known, And lonely want retir'd to die.

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Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.

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Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.

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Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

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To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them.

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When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

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Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have brought him to your door.

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The organized charity, scrimped and iced,In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

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'Tis a little thingRenews the life of joy in happiest hours.

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The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime.

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O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain To get by giving what you lost by gain.

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Let your alms sweat in your hands, until you know to whom you should give.

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His house was known to all the vagrant train,Whose beard descending swept his aged breast.

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