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philanthropists
«He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks»
Author: Douglas Jerrold
(Humorist, Journalist, Playwright)
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«for the majority of instances where money is desired for the admitted object of blessing others, the real underlying motive is a love of popularity, and a desire to pose as a philanthropist or reformer....If your real desire is to do good, there is no need to wait for money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.»
Author: James Allen
(Statesman)
| About:
Money,
Wealth
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«The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
| Keywords:
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«RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
philanthropist, philanthropists, The Philanthropist
«PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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grin, philanthropist, philanthropists, The Philanthropist
«Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
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commendable, economic, overlook, philanthropist, philanthropists, philanthropy, The Philanthropist
«Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
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