The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Disraeli’s aphorism contrasts material charity with a deeper, more transformative kind of help: enabling another person to recognize and develop their own capacities. “Riches” stands for external resources—money, influence, knowledge—that can be given away, but the “greatest good” is portrayed as awakening self-reliance, self-knowledge, and latent talent in the recipient. The line implies that empowerment outlasts almsgiving: once someone sees their own “riches” (abilities, dignity, potential), they are less dependent on others and better able to act in the world. It also carries a moral warning against patronizing benevolence, suggesting that true generosity respects the other’s agency.