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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:Love gives itself; it


Love gives itself; it is not bought.
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Jewish Proverb:When a father gives to his son,


When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
by Jewish Proverb


Ovid:Courage conquers all things: it even gives


Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
by Ovid


Oscar Wilde:Experience is the name that everyone


Experience is the name that everyone gives to his mistakes.
by Oscar Wilde


Baltasar Gracian:Nature scarcely ever gives us


Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
by Baltasar Gracian


Johann Kaspar Lavater:Genius always gives its


Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
by Johann Kaspar Lavater


George Brossin Méré:Beauty is the first present


Beauty is the first present nature gives to woman and the first it takes away.
by George Brossin Méré


Michel De Montaigne:'Tis the sharpness of our


'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
by Michel De Montaigne


Quarles:Let the fear of a danger be a spur to


Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
by Quarles


Bunyan:First must give place to last, because


First must give place to last, because last must have his time to come; but last gives place to nothing, for there is not another to succeed.
by Bunyan


Ralph Waldo Emerson:A beautiful form is better


A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Edna Saint Vincent Millay:My candle burns at


My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
by Edna Saint Vincent Millay


Upanishads:Life is the fire that burns and the


Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
by Upanishads


Maxim Gorky:There is no one on earth more


There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.
by Maxim Gorky


Colette:The writer who loses his self-doubt, who


The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.
by Colette


Lao-Tzu:The sage does not hoard. The more he


The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
by Lao-Tzu


Friedrich Nietzsche:Whoever gives advice to the


Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.
by Friedrich Nietzsche


Bruno Bettelheim:Most advice on child-rearing is


Most advice on child-rearing is sought in the hope that it will confirm our prior convictions. If the parent had wished to proceed in a certain way but was made insecure by opposing opinions of neighbors, friends, or relatives, then it gives him great comfort to find his ideas seconded by an expert.
by Bruno Bettelheim


The Talmud:Just as the soul fills the body, so


Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
by The Talmud


Ralph Waldo Emerson:This whole business of Trade


This whole business of Trade gives me to pause and think, as it constitutes false relations between men; inasmuch as I am prone to count myself relieved of any responsibility to behave well and nobly to that person who I pay with money, whereas if I had not that commodity, I should be put on my good behavior in all companies, and man would be a benefactor to man, as being himself his only certificate that he had a right to those aids and services which each asked of the other.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


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