alms quotes

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men,Verily I say unto you,They have their reward.But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 6:2^4.

Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilisation has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.

- Dame Rebecca formerly  Cecily Isabel Fairfield West
  'The Personal ServiceAssociation:Work for Idle Hands to Do', in The Clarion,13 Dec.