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To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
Each day provides its own gifts
Each day provides its own gifts
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."
"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself
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.
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.]
MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought
MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thought
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.