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Quote on a picture of vineyards in the Rhône Valley between Condrieu and Vienne.

“Charity is one of those remarkable words that helps to identify the fault lines of a culture.” — Janet Poppendieck, Sweet Charity?

Author YahooeyPosted on December 18, 2022December 25, 2022Categories QuotationsTags charity, Janet Poppendieck1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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“We talk of the debt of gratitude, not of charity, or generosity, nor even of friendship.” — Adam Smith, “Of Justice and Beneficence,” The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Author YahooeyPosted on June 16, 2021June 14, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Adam Smith, charity, friendship, generosity, gratitudeLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness, than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.

“The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness, than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.” — William Hazlitt, Edinburgh Review, (October 1829)

Author YahooeyPosted on April 15, 2015March 16, 2015Categories QuotationsTags charity, egocentrism, pain, sympathy, William Hazlitt1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.

“Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.” — Henry George, “How to Help the Unemployed,” The North American Review

Author YahooeyPosted on September 2, 2013March 22, 2017Categories QuotationsTags charity, Henry George, How to Help the Unemployed, justice, The North American ReviewLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but success transmutes them into virtues.

“Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but success transmutes them into virtues.” — Hugh Kingsmill, The Progress of a Biographer

Author YahooeyPosted on November 21, 2012January 10, 2019Categories QuotationsTags charity, Hugh Kingsmill, redemption, sins, success, The Progress of a Biographer, virtuesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.

“Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.” — Hugh Kingsmill, The Progress of a Biographer

Author YahooeyPosted on July 27, 2012April 5, 2019Categories QuotationsTags charity, Hugh Kingsmill, Progress of a Biographer, sins, success, The Progress of a Biographer, virtueLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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