"Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves."
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"Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves."
"Charity is not one of the virtues practiced on the stock market. The heart of a bank is but one of many viscera."
"Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins."