You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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.]
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
Each day provides its own gifts
Each day provides its own gifts
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
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.
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.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
