He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more

He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,

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.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die read more

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me,
correspondent to my flowing unto read more

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me,
correspondent to my flowing unto him.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because read more

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

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.

Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!

Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!

To receive gifts is to lose freedom.

To receive gifts is to lose freedom.

Not what we give, but what we share,--
For the gift without the giver is bare.

Not what we give, but what we share,--
For the gift without the giver is bare.