Love the giver more than the gift.

Love the giver more than the gift.

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]

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?

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.

It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.

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.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

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.]

I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.
[Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,
Die read more

I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.
[Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,
Die Tochter denk' ich.]