Charity

Famous quotes containing the word charity:

    When a sparrow sips in the river, the water doesn’t recede. Giving charity does not deplete wealth. Saint Kabir says so.
    Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

    How much methinks, I could despise this man,
    But that I am bound in charity against it.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Having levelled my palace, don’t erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
    Emily Brontë (1818–1848)