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		<title>Hoffer, Eric -- Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 113 (1955)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.</p>
<br><b>Eric Hoffer</b> (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman<br><i>Passionate State of Mind</i>, Aphorism 113 (1955) 
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		<title>Rogers, Will -- Column (1924-01-20), &#8220;Weekly Article: Send Mexico Our Wooden Ships, Too&#8221; [No. 58]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If some of those Birds would spend their time following His example instead of trying to figure out His mode of arrival and departure, they would come nearer getting confidence in their Church. Commenting on some sort of theological conflict in the American Episcopal Church going on at the time. Variant: If some of these [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If some of those Birds would spend their time following His example instead of trying to figure out His mode of arrival and departure, they would come nearer getting confidence in their Church.</p>
<br><b>Will Rogers</b> (1879-1935) American humorist<br>Column (1924-01-20), &#8220;Weekly Article: Send Mexico Our Wooden Ships, Too&#8221; [No. 58] 
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<blockquote>If some of these birds would follow His example instead of trying to figure out His mode of arrival and departure, they would come nearer getting confidence in their church.</blockquote><br>



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		<title>Billings, Josh -- Everybody&#8217;s Friend, Or; Josh Billing&#8217;s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 132 &#8220;Affurisms: Chips&#8221; (1874)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iz it charity tew giv tew a thankless cuss in need? certainly; jest az mutch az it would be to save a drouning cow. [Is it charity to give to a thankless cuss in need? Certainly; just as much as it would be to save a drowning cow.]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iz it charity tew giv tew a thankless cuss in need? certainly; jest az mutch az it would be to save a drouning cow.</p>
<p>[Is it charity to give to a thankless cuss in need? Certainly; just as much as it would be to save a drowning cow.]</p>
<br><b>Josh Billings</b> (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]<br><i>Everybody&#8217;s Friend, Or; Josh Billing&#8217;s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor</i>, ch. 132 &#8220;Affurisms: Chips&#8221; (1874) 
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		<title>Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 39, Snuff [Miss Beedle] (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to. </p>
<br><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br>Discworld No. 39, <i>Snuff</i> [Miss Beedle] (2011) 
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		<title>Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of -- &#8220;Religion,&#8221; Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections (1750)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time spent in praying to God, might be better employed in deserving well from him. Men think praying the easier Task of the two, and therefore choose it.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The time spent in praying to God, might be better employed in deserving well from him. Men think praying the easier Task of the two, and therefore choose it.</p>
<br><b>George Savile, Marquis of Halifax</b> (1633-1695) English politician and essayist<br>&#8220;Religion,&#8221; <i>Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections</i> (1750) 
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		<title>Jefferson, Thomas -- Letter (1819-06-25) to Ezra Styles Ely</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The benevolent and sublime reformer [Jesus] of that religion [Judaism] has told us only that god is good and perfect, but has not defined him. I am therefore of his theology, believing that we have neither words nor ideas adequate to that definition. and if we could all, after his example, leave the subject as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The benevolent and sublime reformer [Jesus] of that religion [Judaism] has told us only that god is good and perfect, but has not defined him. I am therefore of his theology, believing that we have neither words nor ideas adequate to that definition. and if we could all, after his example, leave the subject as undefinable, we should all be of one sect, doers of good &#038; eschewers of evil. No doctrines of his lead to schism.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Jefferson</b> (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)<br>Letter (1819-06-25) to Ezra Styles Ely 
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		<title>Jefferson, Thomas -- Letter (1819-05-15) to Thomas B. Parker</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apriarians, and after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be the reverse of Calvin’s, that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apriarians, and after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be the reverse of Calvin’s, that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, and not by our faith which is not within our power.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Jefferson</b> (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)<br>Letter (1819-05-15) to Thomas B. Parker 
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		<title>Dyson, Freeman -- &#8220;Progress in Religion,&#8221; speech accepting the Templeton Prize, Washington National Cathedral (9 May 2000)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To me, good works are more important than theology. We all know that religion has been historically, and still is today, a cause of great evil as well as great good in human affairs. We have seen terrible wars and terrible persecutions conducted in the name of religion. We have also seen large numbers of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To me, good works are more important than theology. We all know that religion has been historically, and still is today, a cause of great evil as well as great good in human affairs. We have seen terrible wars and terrible persecutions conducted in the name of religion. We have also seen large numbers of people inspired by religion to lives of heroic virtue, bringing education and medical care to the poor, helping to abolish slavery and spread peace among nations. Religion amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls. Religion will always remain a powerful force in the history of our species. To me, the meaning of progress in religion is simply this, that as we move from the past to the future the good works inspired by religion should more and more prevail over the evil.  </p>
<br><b>Freeman Dyson</b> (1923-2020) English-American theoretical physicist, mathematician, futurist<br>&#8220;Progress in Religion,&#8221; speech accepting the Templeton Prize, Washington National Cathedral (9 May 2000) 
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		<title>Achebe, Chinua -- Anthills of the Savannah (1987)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary. </p>
<br><b>Chinua Achebe</b> (1930-2013) Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, critic [Albert Chinualumogu Achebe]<br><i>Anthills of the Savannah</i> (1987) 
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		<title>Teresa of Avila -- Foundations, ch. 5 &#8220;On Prayer&#8221; [tr. Peers]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe me, it is not length of time spent in prayer that brings a soul benefit: when we spend our time in good works, it is a great help to us and a better and quicker preparation for the enkindling of our love than many hours of meditation. Alternative translations: And let souls believe me [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Believe me, it is not length of time spent in prayer that brings a soul benefit: when we spend our time in good works, it is a great help to us and a better and quicker preparation for the enkindling of our love than many hours of meditation.</p>
<br><b>Teresa of Ávila</b> (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet, philosopher, saint<br><i>Foundations</i>, ch. 5 &#8220;On Prayer&#8221; [tr. Peers] 
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<blockquote>And let souls believe me that it is not the length of time spent in prayer that benefits one; when the time is spent as well in good works, it is a help in preparing the soul for the enkindling of love. The soul may thereby be better prepared in a very short time than through many hours of reflection.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Saint_Teresa_of_Avila_The_Book_of_Her_Fo/Ha85N5Q8RDwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=TERESA%20OF%20AVILA%20foundations&pg=PA72&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22length%20of%20time%20spent%22">Kavanaugh / Rodriguez</a>]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And, believe me, it is not the length of time which makes a soul advance in prayer, but when being called to other works by obedience and charity, they do these duties well, then (as I have said) the soul advances so much, that in a very short time she is better prepared for enkindling within her  the love of God, than (wanting in those works) she would be by spending many hours in meditation.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Book_of_the_Foundations_of_S_Teresa/tXMryc2ZAxMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=TERESA%20OF%20AVILA%20foundations&pg=PR1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22called%20to%20other%20works%22">Dalton</a>]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But believe me, what helps a soul to advance is not the spending long hours in prayer, but it is a great help to be employed also in active works, so that the soul is better disposed to enkindle its love in a very short space of time than by spending many hours in meditation.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Saint_Theresa/PgI9AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=TERESA%20OF%20AVILA%20foundations&pg=PA38&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22not%20the%20spending%20long%22">Mason</a>]</blockquote>
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		<title>Franklin, Benjamin -- Letter to Joseph Huey (6 Jun 1753)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Faith you mention has doubtless its use in the World. I do not desire to see it diminished, nor would I endeavour to lessen it in any Man. But I wish it were more productive of <i>good Works,</i> than I have generally seen it: I mean real good Works, Works of Kindness, Charity, Mercy, and Publick Spirit; not Holiday-keeping, Sermon-Reading or Hearing; performing Church Ceremonies, or making long Prayers, filled with Flatteries and Compliments, despis&#8217;d even by wise Men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.</p>
<br><b>Benjamin Franklin</b> (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist<br>Letter to Joseph Huey (6 Jun 1753) 
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		<title>Hill, Rowland -- (Attributed)</title>
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<br><b>Rowland Hill</b> (1795-1879) English teacher, inventor, social reformer.<br>(Attributed) 
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Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, <i>Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers</i> (1895).						</span>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment.</p>
<br><b>Jean Paul Richter</b> (1763-1825) German writer, art historian, philosopher, littérateur [Johann Paul Friedrich Richter; pseud. Jean Paul]<br>(Attributed) 
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Quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, <i>Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers</i> (1895).
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		<title>Beecher, Henry Ward -- In Henry Ward Beecher and Edna Dean Proctor, Life Thoughts: Gathered From the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher (1858)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man should fear when he enjoys only what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity, rather than the charity, that he loves? See Matthew.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A man should fear when he enjoys only what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity, rather than the charity, that he loves?</p>
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<br><b>Henry Ward Beecher</b> (1813-1887) American clergyman and orator<br>In Henry Ward Beecher and Edna Dean Proctor, <i>Life Thoughts: Gathered From the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher</i> (1858) 
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See <a href="https://wist.info/bible/10169/">Matthew</a>.						</span>
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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, #  716 (1725)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s no great Commendation to just forbear doing Ill: thou art bound moreover to do Good to others; if thou dost not, thou art not Good to thy self.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Introductio ad Prudentiam</i>, Vol. 1, #  716 (1725) 
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		<title>Kennedy, Robert F. -- Interview with David Frost (1968)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something about the fact that I made some contribution to either my country, or those who were less well off. I think back to what Camus wrote about the fact that perhaps this world is a world in which children suffer, but we can lessen the number of suffering children, and if you do not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Something about the fact that I made some contribution to either my country, or those who were less well off. I think back to what Camus wrote about the fact that perhaps this world is a world in which children suffer, but we can lessen the number of suffering children, and if you do not do this, then who will do this? I&#8217;d like to feel that I&#8217;d done something to lessen that suffering.</p>
<br><b>Robert Francis Kennedy</b> (1925-1968) American politician<br>Interview with David Frost (1968) 
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In an interview a month before he was assassinated, about how his obituary should read. See <a href="https://wist.info/camus-albert/27306/">Camus</a>.
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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 1738 (1732)</title>
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<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs</i> (compiler), # 1738 (1732) 
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		<title>Paine, Thomas -- The Age of Reason, Part 1, ch. 1 (1794)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavouring to make our fellow-creatures happy. But, lest it should be supposed that I believe many other things in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.</p>
<p>I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavouring to make our fellow-creatures happy.</p>
<p>But, lest it should be supposed that I believe many other things in addition to these, I shall, in the progress of this work, declare the things I do not believe, and my reasons for not believing them.</p>
<p>I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.</p>
<p>All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Paine</b> (1737-1809) American political philosopher and writer<br><i>The Age of Reason</i>, Part 1, ch. 1 (1794) 
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		<title>Bacon, Francis -- Apothegms, #247 (1624)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cato said the best way to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them  with new.</p>
<br><b>Francis Bacon</b> (1561-1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman<br><i>Apothegms</i>, #247 (1624) 
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		<title>Thomas of Celano -- (Attributed)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not clamour, but love, Not rumour but dedication, Not violence but intelligence Sings in the ear of God. [Non clamor, sed amor, non vox, sed votum, non cordula, sed cor cantat in aure Dei] A similar phrase &#8212; &#8220;Not the voice but the deed, not the music of the heart but the heart, not noise [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not clamour, but love,<br />
Not rumour but dedication,<br />
Not violence but intelligence<br />
Sings in the ear of God.</p>
<p><em>[Non clamor, sed amor,<br />
non vox, sed votum,<br />
non cordula, sed cor<br />
cantat in aure Dei]</em></p>
<br><b>Thomas of Celano</b> (c.1200 - c.1265) Italian friar, poet, hagiographer [Tommaso da Celano]<br>(Attributed) 
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A similar phrase -- "Not the voice but the deed, not the music of the heart but the heart, not noise but love sings in the ear of God" -- is attributed to Jordanus de Saxonia, an Augustinian hermit born in Quedlinburg in 1299.						</span>
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		<title>Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book  1. Gospel of Matthew  6: 1ff (Matt 6:1–6) (Jesus) [CEB (2011)]</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab">Be careful that you don’t practice your religion in front of people to draw their attention. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.<br />
<span class="tab">Whenever you give to the poor, don’t blow your trumpet as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may get praise from people. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that you may give to the poor in secret. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.<br />
<span class="tab">When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.</p>
<p><span class="tab">[Προσέχετε [δὲ] τὴν δικαιοσύνην ὑμῶν μὴ ποιεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς· εἰ δὲ μή γε, μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.<br />
<span class="tab">Ὅταν οὖν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου, ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις, ὅπως δοξασθῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σοῦ δὲ ποιοῦντος ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ γνώτω ἡ ἀριστερά σου τί ποιεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου, ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι.<br />
<span class="tab">Καὶ ὅταν προσεύχησθε, οὐκ ἔσεσθε ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί, ὅτι φιλοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς γωνίαις τῶν πλατειῶν ἑστῶτες προσεύχεσθαι, ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ ὅταν προσεύχῃ, εἴσελθε εἰς τὸ ταμεῖόν σου καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν σου πρόσευξαι τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι.]</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>The Bible (The New Testament)</b> (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture<br>Book  1. <i>Gospel of Matthew</i>  6: 1ff (Matt 6:1–6) (Jesus) [CEB (2011)] 
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No Synoptic parallels.<br><br>

(<a href="https://tips.translation.bible/tip_verse/matt-61/">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 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.<br>
<span class="tab">And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=AKJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice; by doing this you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win men's admiration. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/JB-NT01%20MATTHEW.htm#:~:text=Be%20careful%20not%20to%20parade%20your%20good%20deeds%20before%20men">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it. Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention; otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/matthew/6/#:~:text=%27-,Be%20careful%20not%20to%20parade%20your%20uprightness%20in%20public%20to%20attract,who%20sees%20all%20that%20is%20done%20in%20secret%20will%20reward%20you.,-7.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<br>
[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=NIV">NIV</a> (2011 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.<br>
<span class="tab">So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<br>
<span class="tab">And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A1-6&version=NRSVUE">NRSV</a> (2021 ed.)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Stevenson, Robert Louis -- Essay (1878-04), &#8220;Æs Triplex,&#8221; Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All who have meant good work with their whole hearts, have done good work, although they may die before they have the time to sign it. Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. And even if death catch [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All who have meant good work with their whole hearts, have done good work, although they may die before they have the time to sign it. Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. And even if death catch people, like an open pitfall, and in mid-career, laying out vast projects, and planning monstrous foundations, flushed with hope, and their mouths full of boastful language, they should be at once tripped up and silenced: is there not something brave and spirited in such a termination? And does not life go down with a better grace, foaming in full body over a precipice, than miserably straggling to an end in sandy deltas?</p>
<br><b>Robert Louis Stevenson</b> (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet<br>Essay (1878-04), &#8220;Æs Triplex,&#8221; <i>Cornhill Magazine</i>, Vol. 37 
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		<title>Carlyle, Thomas -- &#8220;Varnhagen von Ense&#8217;s Memoirs,&#8221; London and Westminster Review, No. 62 (1838-12)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful it is to see and understand that no worth, known or unknown, <i>can</i> die even in this earth. The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green; it flows and flows, it joins itself with other veins and veinlets; one day, it will start forth as a visible perennial well.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Carlyle</b> (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian<br>&#8220;Varnhagen von Ense&#8217;s Memoirs,&#8221; <i>London and Westminster Review</i>, No. 62 (1838-12) 
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A <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Thomas_Carlyle_s_Collected_Works/MYAEAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22review%20no.%2062%22">review of three books</a> involving Lady Rahel Varnhagen von Ense. 



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