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Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Henry David Thoreau
Life, Charity, Appreciated
Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.121

Objects of charity are not guests.

Henry David Thoreau
Charity, Guests, Objects
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.236, Penguin

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Henry David Thoreau
Money, Giving, Charity
Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.119

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

Henry David Thoreau
Kindness, Kitchen, Charity
Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.49, Courier Corporation

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

Henry David Thoreau
Income, Done, Charity
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Walden; Or, Life in the Woods”, p.49, Courier Corporation

The wonderful purity of nature at this season is a most pleasing fact.... In the bare fields and tinkling woods, see what virtue survives. In the coldest and bleakest places, the warmest charities still maintain a foothold.

Henry David Thoreau
Winter, Charity, Woods
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.47, Penguin

You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else.

Henry David Thoreau
Charity, Genius, Wells
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.192, Penguin

I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises.... While my townsmen and women are devoted in somany ways to the good of their fellows, I trust that one at least may be spared to other and less humane pursuits. You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else. As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.

Henry David Thoreau
Genius, Charity, May

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