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Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
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.
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?
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.
. . . .
He gave with a zest and he gave his best;
Give him the best to come.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
[Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.]
Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
[Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.]
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
