What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give in sickness is silver; what you give after death is lead.

你为健康慈善事业所付出的是金子;你在疾病中所给予的是银子;你死后给的是铅。

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Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.

因为人们不相信天意,所以他们贪婪地搜刮和囤积。他们不相信任何对慈善的回报,因此他们将一无所有。

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

仁慈不能代替正义的伸张。