The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
To reveal its complacence by gifts, is one of the native dialects of love.
—Lydia H. Sigourney (1791–1865) American Poetaster, Author
It is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a wedding or a funeral.
—Chinese Proverb
May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!
—Unknown
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Small gifts go to places where men expect bigger ones.
—Russian Proverb
I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts—spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back—length of life.
—Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) American Socialite, Philanthropist
Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.
—Pindar (c.518–c.438 BCE) Greek Lyric Poet
The secret of giving affectionately is great and rare; it requires address to do it well; otherwise we lose instead of deriving benefit from it.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
If you give a gift to a rich man, the devil sniggers.
—French Proverb
A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
—Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
One does not give a gift without a motive.
—African Proverb
Examples are few of men ruined by giving.—Men are heroes in spending—cravens in what they give.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Gifts make their way through stone walls.
—Common Proverb
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
—Kin Hubbard (1868–1930) American Cartoonist, Humorist
Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
A gift, its kind, its value, and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you, may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.
—Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet
Giving gifts to the rich is like pouring water into the sea.
—Russian Proverb
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
—Jean Anouilh (1910–87) French Dramatist
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
—Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American Essayist, Novelist
The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Small gifts maintain friendship, big ones maintain love.
—French Proverb
Pleasure is spread through the earth. In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Poet
It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace.—How little does a smile cost!
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
He who was presented with an ox must give in return a horse.
—Chinese Proverb
When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
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