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Charity and treating begin at home.
Charity and treating begin at home.
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a read more
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.