Alms Quotes
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If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.
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I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.
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The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.
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We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.
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The poor should live by alms.
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“They gave no alms; in their view charity simply demoralized people. If you worked as hard as they did then you would earn as much too: it was open to everyone to do so, and if you didn’t know how to get on in life that was your own fault.”
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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
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For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.
