Proverbs:

A friar who asks alms for God’s sake begs for two.
Spanish
Alms are the golden key that opens the gates of heaven.
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Alms are the salt of riches.
Hebrew
Alms do not empty the purse and a mass does not exhaust a day’s duty.
Danish
Almsgiving never made a man poor, nor robbery rich, nor prosperity wise.
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Alms-giving secures heavenly bliss.
Tamil
Better give nothing than stolen alms.
German
Give not thy alms to the poor with grudging.
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Give not your alms to a sound limbed beggar.
Modern Greek
Giving alms never lessens the purse.
Spanish
He steals a goose and gives the giblets in alms.
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Steal a pig and give the trotters for God’s sake.
Spanish
Steal my goose and stick me down a feather.
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The door that is not opened to him who begs our alms will be opened to the physician.
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The little alms are the good alms.
French
To give alms is better than to take alms.
German
Proverbs theme "Alms" in English
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