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Letter "A" » alms
«I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt»
«If you disclose your alms, even then it is well done, but if you keep them secret, and give them to the poor, then that is better still for you; and this wipes off from you some of your evil deeds»
«And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; / Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.»
«But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: / That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.»
«And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said unto him, 'Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.' (Acts 10:4)»
«I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.»
«It is easy to give alms; it is better to work to make the giving of alms unnecessary»
«And We made them Imams who guided (people) by Our command, and We revealed to them the doing of good and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of the alms, and Us (alone) did they serve. (The Prophets 21.73)»
«Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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Law and lawyers
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alms, bounties, The Bounty
«Do not throw coins when beggars stretch their hands for alms; help them to become self-reliant. Provide food and shelter, love and care, for the sick and aged.»
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