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No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving.

No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Men, Giving, Advice

When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wine, Two, Giving
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1887). “Final Memorials of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Book, Reading, Giving
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.729, Library of America

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Names, Giving, Want
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.796, Library of America

Take them, O Death! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own! Thine image, stamped upon this clay, Doth give thee that, but that alone!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sad, Giving, Clay
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.139

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