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.]

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

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 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

He ne'er consider'd it as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
And very wisely would read more

He ne'er consider'd it as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
And very wisely would lay forth
No more upon it than 'twas worth;
But as he got it freely, so
He spent it frank and freely too:
For saints themselves will sometimes be,
Of gifts that cost them nothing, free.

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.]

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,

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought

MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought