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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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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What we share with another ceases to be our own. – Edgar Quinet

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A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. – Thomas á Kempis

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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. – Portuguese Proverb

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