Gift

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Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book
When you give, give with joy and smiling
Give freely to him that deserveth well, and asketh nothing: and that is a way of giving to thyself
The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer
The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.

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