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To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea four things read more
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say not,
It is enough:
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
For to give is the business of the rich.
[Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
For to give is the business of the rich.
[Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
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For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
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.]