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It is melancholy to reflect that Mankind has suffered more from ill-judged philanthropy than from calculated malice. The road to Hell is no less harrowing for being paved with good intentions. – Giles St. Aubyn

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I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. – Bible

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A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. – Lord Greville

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The Return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. – Francesco Guicciardini

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For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all. – Kahlil Gibran

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