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Life is a precious gift. Don't waste it being unhappy, dissatisfied, or anything else you can be.
Life is a precious gift. Don't waste it being unhappy, dissatisfied, or anything else you can be.
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
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.
 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.] 
One rose says more than the dozen
One rose says more than the dozen
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
 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.] 
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself