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Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the read more
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the read more
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they read more
No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they alike in trembling hope repose),
The bosom of his Father and his God.
Charity and treating begin at home.
Charity and treating begin at home.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
