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Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea four things read more
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say not,
It is enough:
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he
give him a stone?
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.
