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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

—Antonio Porchia, 1943

Every gift has a personality—that of its giver.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1992

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

—Maya Angelou, 1993

Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1932

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—Acts of the Apostles, c. 80

They say that gifts persuade even the gods. 

—Euripides, 431 BC
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