“Não poderás ajudar aos homens de maneira permanente se fizeres por eles aquilo que eles podem e devem fazer por si próprios.”
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You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln 105
16° Presidente dos Estados Unidos 1809–1865Citações relacionadas

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays, Página 246 https://books.google.com.br/books?ei=1xlWVbS1IsawggTq5YG4DA&hl=pt-BR&id=VX0aAQAAIAAJ&dq=thomas+sowell+Barbarians+Inside+the+Gates&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22When+you+want+to+help+people%2C+you+tell+them+the+truth.+When+you+want+to+help+yourself%2C+you+tell+them+what+they+want+to+hear.%22, Hoover Institution Press, 1999

“As maiores desgraças são aquelas que a si próprias não podem perdoar.”