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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?
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.
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
Or the fondle of silk or fur;
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It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
Or the fondle of silk or fur;
"Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,
As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,
And we are not told whose gift was gold,
Or whose was the gift of myrrh.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
