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Ambrose Quotes about Giving

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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

Ambrose
Men, Giving, Doe

If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.

Ambrose
Giving, Nine, Stewardship

When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.

Ambrose
Rome, Giving, Church
In St Augustine 'Letter 54 to Januarius' (c.400 A.D.) in 'St Augustine. Letters' vol. 1 (translated by Sister W. Parsons, 1951) p. 253.

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.

Ambrose
Humility, Years, Giving

When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.

Ambrose
Rome, Giving, Church
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 677, 1922.

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