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To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.
In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in
proportion to the worth of read more
In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in
proportion to the worth of the thing given.
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe
A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
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.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
