A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.
When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself.
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.
Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you're giving them.
There is no greater gift than time.
Love the giver more than the gift.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
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