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The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."
"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."
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.]
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
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.
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.
Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
[Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]
Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
[Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]
