Gifts

"Altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera."

"The horseleech hath two daughters, crying Give, give."

"Bis dat qui cito dat."

"He always looked a given horse in the mouth."

"Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; Back of the hand that receives thrill the sensitive nerves of receiving."

"Fabius Verrucosus beneficium ab homine duro aspere datum, panem lapidosum vocabat."

"Deus quædam munera universo humano generi dedit, a quibus excluditur nemo."

"Cum quod datur spectabis, et dantem adspice! While you look at what is given, look also at the giver."

"Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally. I would we could do so, for her benefits are mightily misplaced, and the bountiful blind woman doth most mistake in her gifts to women."

"All other gifts appertinent to man, as the malice of this age shapes them, are not worth a gooseberry."

"Win her with gifts, if she respect not words; Dumb jewels often in their silent kind More than quick words do move a woman's mind."

"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."

"Parta meæ Veneri sunt munera; namque notavi Ipse locum aëriæ quo congessere palumbes."

"People can’t understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how it’s a gift."

"Denn was ein Mensch auch hat, so sind's am Ende Gaben."

"Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself."

"Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more."

"She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy."

"That every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope's perpetual breath."

"A wicked man's gift hath a touch of his master."