"To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure."
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"Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]"
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"Giving is dead, restoring very sicke."
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"Give loosers leave to talke."
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"Fooles give to please all but their owne."
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"Great almes-giving lessens no mans living."
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"Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing. [Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.]"
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"He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]"
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"He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer."
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"He that lends, gives."
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"He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give."
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"He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]"
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"Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die."
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"If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]"
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"...won't you give some bread to get the starving fed"
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"The best thing you can give is God consciousness. Manifest your own divinity first. The truth is there. It's right within us all. Understand what you are."
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"Just take the music, the goodness, because it's the very best, and it's the part I give most willingly."
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"The aim is to get as much going out the back as is coming in. You've got to do that because for everything you get in you've got to give something out."
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"The greatest thing anyone can give humanity is God consciousness."
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"Now it may seem so far from where we all are It's something we can't neglect It's something I can't neglect Now won't you give some bread to get the starving fed"
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