GIFTS AND GIVING

Related Subjects: Beggar, Benefits, Benevolence, Borrowing and Lending, Charity, Favor, Kindness, Patronage, Philanthropy, Selfishness

1. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.—Bible, Job 1:21

2. A gift is as a precious stone ill the eyes of him that hath it.—Bible, Proverbs 17:8
   

3. It is more blessed to give than to receive.—Bible, Acts 20:35
   

4. God loveth a cheerful giver.—Bible, 2 Corinthians 9:7
   

5. He ne'er consider'd it, as loth
   To look a gift-horse in the mouth.—SAMUEL BUTLER, Hudibras
   

6. The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.—CORNEILLE, Le Menteur
   

7. Let him give on till he can give no more.—DRYDEN, Absalom & Achitophel
   

8. One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.—HAVELOCK ELLIS, Little Essays of Love & Virtue
   

9. The only gift is a portion of thyself.—EMERSON, Gifts
   

10. The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.—EURIPIDES, Medea
    

11. Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.—GEORGE HERBERT,
    Jacula Prudentum
    

12. Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life
    

13. Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.—LA BRUYERE, Les Caracteres
    

14. Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.—LONGFELLOW, Kavanagh

15. He gives only the worthless gold
    Who gives from a sense of duty.—LOWELL, The Vision of Sir Launfal
    

16. The gift without the giver is bare;
    Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,—
    Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.—LOWELL, The Vision of Sir Launfal
    

17. I did give ten shillings and no more, though I believe most of the rest did give more, and did believe that I did so too.—SAMUEL PEPYS, Diary
    

18. He giveth twice that gives in a trice.—Proverb
    

19. He that gives to be seen will relieve none in the dark.—Proverb
    

20. He that giveth to a good man selleth well.—Proverb
    

21. Give a thing and take again, and you shall ride in hell's wain.—Proverb
    

22. A man's gift makes room for him.—Proverb
    

23. The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give. It does not hurt to worship at a shrine which is quite unconscious, for out of it may grow an inner development in yourself and sometimes a relationship of real value. In any case the giving of love is an education in itself.—ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
    

24. Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet

25. What's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.—SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure
    

26. Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is goot gifts.—SHAKESPEARE, The Merry Wives of Windsor
    

27. My good will is great, though the gift small.—SHAKESPEARE, Pericles
    

28. Let the man who has and doesn't give Break his neck, and cease to live ! Let him who gives without a care Gather rubies from the air!—JAMES STEPHENS, In the Imperative Mood
    

29. You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.—JAMES STEPHENS, The Crock of Gold
    

30. I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.—STEVENSON, New Arabian Nights
    

31. God gave them Youth, God gave them Love and even God can give no more.—RIDGELY TORRENCE, The Young Lovers
    

32. Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity,
    When I give I give myself.—WALT WHITMAN, Song of Myself