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Religious literature4 quotes
For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me. — Jesus · 60You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." — Apostle Paul · 62If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me. — Jesus · 60Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. — Ecclesiastes 11:1 · 931 BCPolitical literature1 quote
The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm. — Walter Bagehot · 1872Sociology1 quote
Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited. — Jane Addams · 1910