“Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense i...” — George Sand Quote

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?

Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

This cancer isn't life-threatening so I consider myself to be very fortunate. In the course of my charity work I meet so many people who have suffered terribly - what I've got really isn't an issue.

I'm not going to run around uselessly spending money. It's a matter of choosing your charity. Some people choose themselves. For me, that is not enough.

The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.