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It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to
support the weak, and to remember read more
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to
support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,
how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And wisest he in this whole wide land
Of hoarding till bent and gray;
For all you read more
And wisest he in this whole wide land
Of hoarding till bent and gray;
For all you can hold in your cold, dead hand
Is what you have given away.
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He gave with a zest and he gave his best;
Give him the best to come.
Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
[Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]
Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
[Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Love the giver more than the gift.
Love the giver more than the gift.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
One rose says more than the dozen
One rose says more than the dozen