Samuel Beckett
Playwright, Novelist
"Against the charitable gesture there is no defence."
Charitable quotes
Charitable
16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Confucius
Philosopher
"Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more."
Joseph Joubert
Essayist, Moralist
"Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them."
Cormac McCarthy
Novelist, Screenwriter
"It is not my experience that life’s difficulties make people more charitable."
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