We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays

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What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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