| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Alms |
| | | A friar who asks alms for God’s sake begs for two. Spanish. | 1 |
| Alms are the golden key that opens the gates of heaven. | 2 |
| Alms are the salt of riches. Hebrew. | 3 |
| Alms do not empty the purse and a mass does not exhaust a day’s duty. Danish. | 4 |
| Almsgiving never made a man poor, nor robbery rich, nor prosperity wise. | 5 |
| Alms-giving secures heavenly bliss. Tamil. | 6 |
| Better give nothing than stolen alms. German. | 7 |
| Give not thy alms to the poor with grudging. Phyoclides, | 8 |
| years before Christ. | 9 |
| Give not your alms to a sound limbed beggar. Modern Greek. | 10 |
| Giving alms never lessens the purse. Spanish. | 11 |
| He steals a goose and gives the giblets in alms. | 12 |
| He who gives alms makes the best use of his money. | 13 |
| He who gives alms should do it with discretion. Sri Lankan. | 14 |
| It is small alms one beggar gives to another. German. | 15 |
| No one becomes poor through giving alms. Italian. | 16 |
| Steal a pig and give the trotters for God’s sake. Spanish. | 17 |
| Steal my goose and stick me down a feather. | 18 |
| The door that is not opened to him who begs our alms will be opened to the physician. | 19 |
| The little alms are the good alms. French. | 20 |
| To give alms is better than to take alms. German. | 21 | | |
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