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Since you like quotations so much, here is one in response:
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>"The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation." -- William Hutton >
>I wonder if those benefitting from benevolence feel the same way.
FWIW, in Judaism, charity is considered more honorable when neither the donor nor the recipient knows who the other one is. Here's the complete list:
http://judaism.about.com/od/beliefs/a/charity_nine.htmTamar
