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The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold
American - Writer
Born: November 2, 1949

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

Anita Baker

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.

Democritus

Gifts are like hooks.

Martial

Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

Ovid

I'm Jewish, so I don't really do Christmas gifts, and Hanukkah is not as big a deal as gifts are concerned, so I never actually give gifts.

Leandra Medine

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving.

Frank A. Clark

So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.

Homer

See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation - to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.

Homer

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

Martial

where are the gods the gods hate us the gods have run away the gods have hidden in holes the gods are dead of the plague they rot and stink too there never were any gods there’s only death

Ted Hughes

One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that you are not your gift. That is, you are not defined by what you do or create. Jesus is a wonderful example of this. He would not allow the crowd to define Him by His considerable gifts, even though they tried to do so. Jesus always points away from Himself and His gifts and thereby wins praise for the Father. We are not our gifts. We are called to give more. Like Jesus, we are called to give ourselves. That is the real purpose behind our gifts; they are vehicles for giving the self.

Michael Card

Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.

Homer

Every person has unique gifts, and those gifts give him or her the power and the opportunity to accomplish great things, if he or she learns how to use those gifts and channel them in the right direction.

Zig Ziglar

Christmas is the time for celebration, so I'm not against decorating, putting on lights, buying gifts. In fact, the whole reason we give gifts is the wise men gave gifts to Jesus at the first Christmas, and that started the gift-giving process.

Rick Warren

Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.

Sallust

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