Seneca the Younger Quotes About Charity

• We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

  Seneca the Younger

  Motivational, Caring, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

  Seneca the Younger

  Birthday, Done, Benefits

  "De Beneficiis" by Seneca the Younger, I. 6, 63 AD.

• Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.

  Seneca the Younger

  Office, Done, Charity

• Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.

  Seneca the Younger

  Giving, Charity, Philanthropy

  "Troades", 697 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 595-596), 1922.

• It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Hands, Justice, Humanity

• That comes too late that comes for the asking.

  Seneca the Younger

  Too Late, Asking, Charity

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