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 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.] 
Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love read more
Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.
 It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
 Or the fondle of silk or fur;
  "Tis read more 
 It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
 Or the fondle of silk or fur;
  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,
   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,
    And we are not told whose gift was gold,
     Or whose was the gift of myrrh. 
 And wisest he in this whole wide land
 Of hoarding till bent and gray;
  For all you read more 
 And wisest he in this whole wide land
 Of hoarding till bent and gray;
  For all you can hold in your cold, dead hand
   Is what you have given away.
    . . . .
     He gave with a zest and he gave his best;
      Give him the best to come. 
 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.] 
Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn read more
Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.
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.
 Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
 [Ger., Die Gaben
  Kommen von oben herab, in read more 
 Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
 [Ger., Die Gaben
  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.] 
 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.