Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Charity

Charity begins at home. “Let them learn first to show piety at home” (1 Tim. v. 4 and 8).

Cold as charity.
Than which what's colder to him who gives and him who takes?

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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