Quote by Joseph Addison
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which ha

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me. – Joseph Addison

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The trick is to realize that after giving your best, theres nothing more to give. – Sparky Anderson

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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. – Joseph Addison

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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate. – Walter Benjamin

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It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35 – Bible

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