Pirkei Avot §avot_05_13: There are four types of charity givers.

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Source: Pirkei Avot — Ethics of the Fathers (Mishnah, c. AD 200) (avot_05_13) · external_aligned

There are four types of charity givers. He who wishes to give, but that others should not give: his eye is evil to that which belongs to others; He who wishes that others should give, but that he himself should not give: his eye is evil towards that which is his own; He who desires that he himself should give, and that others should give: he is a pious man; He who desires that he himself should not give and that others too should not give: he is a wicked man.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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