Gifts Quotes

“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”

“Bis dat qui cito dat.”

“Dicta docta pro datis.”

“Res est ingeniosa dare.”

“Give an inch, he'll take an ell.”

“The higher giving is anonymous giving.”

“Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.”

“Majestatem res data dantis habet.”

“"Presents," I often say, "endear Absents."”

“Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.”

“Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“He always looked a given horse in the mouth.”

“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”

“Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!”

“It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.”

“A wicked man's gift hath a touch of his master.”

“Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.”

“The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.”

“Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.”