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Gifts: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
My master hath been an honourable gentleman; tricks he hath had in him, which gentlemen have.— Shakespeare — All's Well That Ends Well. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 238.
Since every Jack became a gentleman, There's many a gentle person made a Jack.— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 72.
You are not like Cerberus, three gentlemen at once, are you?— R. B. SHERIDAN — The Rivals. Act IV. Sc. 2.
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne; For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed As by his manners.— SPENSER — Faerie Queene. Bk. VI. Canto III. St. 1.
And thus he bore without abuse The grand old name of gentleman, Defamed by every charlatan And soiled with all ignoble use.— TENNYSON — In Memoriam. CX. St. 6.
Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.— AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT — Concord Days.
June Books. The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet and precious. aa.— BURNS — Tam o'Shanter. St. 7.
He ne'er consider'd it as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth, And very wisely would lay forth No more upon it than 'twas worth; But as he got it freely, so He spent it frank and freely too: For saints themselves will sometimes be, Of gifts that cost them nothing, free.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto I. L. 489.
The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.— EMERSON — Essays. Of Gifts.
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails! C.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. 10. L. 29.
Pope's trans. "Presents," I often say, "endear Absents."— CHARLES LAMB — A Dissertation upon
Roast Pig. Not what we give, but what we share, - For the gift without the giver is bare.— LOWELL — The Vision of Sir Launfal. Pt. II. St. 8.
In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.— GEORGE MACDONALD — Mary Marston. Ch. V.
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.— JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY — Rules of the
Road. 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.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 34.
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove un kind.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 101.
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.— Shakespeare — Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 89.
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.— WORDSWORTH — The Sparrow's Nest.
Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris. A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.— LIVY — Annales. VI. 34.
Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti. Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.— MARTIAL — Epigrammata. V. 59. 3.
Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quæ pretiosa facit. Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious.— OVID — Heriodes. XVII. 71.
Majestatem res data dantis habet. The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.— OVID — Epistolæ Ex Ponto, IV. 9. 68.
Res est ingeniosa dare. Giving requires good sense.— OVID — Amorum. I. 8. 62.
Cum quod datur spectabis, et dantem adspice! While you look at what is given, look also at the giver.— SENECA — Thyestes. CCCCXVI.
Bis dat qui cito dat. He gives twice who gives quickly.— SYRUS — Maxims.
Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so.— CORNEILLE — Cinna. V. 3.
Un livre est un ami qui ne trompe jamais. A book is a friend that never deceives. GUILBERT DE PIXÉRÉCOURT. Wer nicht die Welt in seinen Freunden sieht Verdient nicht, dass die Welt von ihm erfahre. He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world * should hear of him.— GOETHE — Torquato Tasso. I. 3. 68.
Quien te conseja encobria de tus amigos. Engañar te quiere assaz, y sin testigos. He who advises you to be reserved to your friends wishes to betray you without witnesses.
Denn der Wille Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber. For the will and not the gift makes the giver. S.— LESSING- — Nathan der Weise. I. 5.
Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen. For to give is the business of the rich.— GOETHE — Hermann und Dorothea.
I. 15. Denn was ein Mensch auch hat, so sind's am Ende Gaben. For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.— WIELAND — Oberon. II. 19.
Die Gaben Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten. Gifts come from above in their own pecиliar forms.— GOETHE — Hermann und Dorothea. Canto V. L. 69.
Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reüssiren. Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.— GOETHE — Faust. I. 7. 73.