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Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
 Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
 [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.]  
 Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.
 [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.] 
 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. 
 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. 
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.