PART I RIGHTEOUSNESS
CHAPTER 23
CHARITY
221. Giving to the poor is alone charity : all other giving is of the nature of loan.
222. Though it lead unto heaven, receiving is bad : and though heaven should be denied to the giver, giving alms is a virtue.
223. It is only the high-born man that giveth without ever meanly saying, I have not.
224. The heart of the giver is not glad until he seeth the smile of content on the face of the suppliant.
225. The conquest of conquests to the conqueror over self is the conquest over hunger : but his conquest cometh only after the conquest of him who appeaseth that hunger.[1]
- ↑ The jingle is in the original.
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