Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Charity
Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.203, Library of America
For he that feeds men serveth few; He serves all who dares be true.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry”, p.96, Harvard University Press
It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.353, Рипол Классик
The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.132, Harvard University Press