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 Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a 
shirt on his back.  
 Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a 
shirt on his back. 
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
 Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
 [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]  
 Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
 [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.] 
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
 Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
 [Ger., Die Gaben
  Kommen von oben herab, in read more 
 Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
 [Ger., Die Gaben
  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.] 
 In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in 
proportion to the worth of read more 
 In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in 
proportion to the worth of the thing given.