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Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
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.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? read more
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things,
charity.
[Lat., In necessasariis, unitas; In dubiis, libertas; read more
In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things,
charity.
[Lat., In necessasariis, unitas; In dubiis, libertas; in omnibus,
caritas.]
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And read more
They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball.
