Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

Let them learn first to show pity at home.

Let them learn first to show pity at home.

I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that
charity begins at home"
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I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that
charity begins at home"
And his, I presume., is of that domestic sort which never stirs
abroad at all.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.

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.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
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Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,
And opens in each heart a little Heaven.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.