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He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me


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THOMAS JEFFERSON He who gives love, receives love.
OMAR TORRIJOS HERRERA He has a long history of independence and who he receives money from has nothing to do with his posi...
RYAN TOOHEY Well, let me tell you something; I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine and Governor. . . ...
RONALD REAGAN He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestow should never remember it.
PIERRE CHARRON One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, bo...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.
UNKNOWN When he receives assurances that he will have custody of his son.
GREG CRAIG Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which h...
EDWARD GIBBON He receives comfort like cold porridge.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it
CATO THE CENSOR He legally and irrevocably assigned them and he receives no tax benefit from them,
DICK CHENEY A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.
JOYCE MAYNARD A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart...
LORD GREVILLE Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its inter...
HANS URS VON BALTHASAR The more a person is united within himself or herself and inwardly simple, the more and higher thing...
ABHIJIT NASKAR Your prayers will certainly be answered. Everyone who asks receives.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA He that gives should not remember, he that receives should never forget.
TALMUD He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.
THE TALMUD It receives but does not keep.
CHUANG TZU In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH When a child receives the message, even subtly or indirectly, that his emotions don't matter, he wil...
JONICE WEBB Afflicted with pain, he wanders from house to house, and in the world hereafter, he receives double ...
GURU GOBIND SINGH In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIR A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.
RICHARD STEELE SR. He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth...
BIBLE Juan Miguel is coming as soon as he receives the guarantee from the Justice Department and the INS t...
LUIS FERNANDEZ A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interes...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.
JOHN STUART MILL The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN A true man's ability to respect others is measured by the ammount of respect that he receives from o...
RICHARD BELLZON You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
SENECA Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him tha...
BERNARD M. BARUCH This gift is from God and not of man's deserving. But certainly no one ever receives such a great gr...
RICHARD OF SAINT VICTOR The sea all water, yet receives rain still,And in abundance addeth to his store,So thou being rich i...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A ...
CRISS JAMI He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for hi...
JOSE MARTI Every single person who receives (this type of treatment) develops ... this inflammation in the lowe...
ABDUL ALIM Every transgression and disobedience receives a just recompense of reward, except with those who tru...
AULIQ ICE Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his follo...
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his follo...
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.
GEORGE ADE Even from the body's purity, the mind Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
JAMES THOMSON (1) Now, it receives the recognition it deserves from the state of Arkansas.
SKIP RUTHERFORD I'm not negotiating with anyone. My agent receives lots of proposals, listens to what they have to s...
LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
JONATHAN SWIFT Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives
JONATHAN SWIFT There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.
EDITH WHARTON At the sacred moment, when a man cried out to call for a Saviour, he receives the grace of mercy of ...
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The perfect knowledge of events cannot be acquired without divine inspiration, since all prophetic i...
NOSTRADAMUS One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Wor...
EMIL BRUNNER When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are p...
SIMONE ELKELES The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior m...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER At the tea, each friend of education receives a certificate of appreciation from the student that ch...
LINDA KYLE It's not about transactions. It's a service. It's like a personal assistant who receives, organizes ...
ED MCLAUGHLIN The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of ra...
OG MANDINO Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned.
ROBERT LEMBKE In these electric times the criminal receives a cosmopolitan reputation. It is a privilege he shares...
ISRAEL ZANGWILL I meet with CFOs from many companies about currency, but it is often the president of a liquor impor...
ROBERT GRUBER Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with r...
RUSH LIMBAUGH If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with re...
RUSH LIMBAUGH Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains,...
PROVERB He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before u...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffec...
ELLEN KEY You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who recei...
MARTIN LUTHER Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and ...
J. C. RYLE He was really trying to be my friend, without all the emotional baggage we both carried - mine still...
DIANA T. SCOTT As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death, The younge...
ALEXANDER POPE Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!
UNKNOWN The culture the leader creates impacts the feedback a leader receives.
RON EDMONDSON In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thin...
GEORGE MCDONALD An Arab who works and pays taxes is good for everyone. An Arab who doesn't work and receives soc...
AYMAN ODEH Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.They bless the one who receives th...
BARBARA DE ANGELIS It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for h...
NAPOLEON HILL Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.
DUMAS THE YOUNGER The hand which gives is far better than the one which receives.
VIKRANT PARSAI Friendship consists in forgetting; what one gives, and remembering what one receives
ALEXANDRE DUMAS PèRE Grace is not something one possesses; instead, grace is something one receives.
BILL COURTNEY Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives t...
BARBARA DE ANGELIS The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the w...
DESMOND TUTU It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is...
N. ROBERT HAMMER That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, ...
THOMAS GIBBONS Storytelling is an ancient art that rarely receives the respect it deserves. Is it even possible to ...
ERIKA EICHENSEER Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is ...
CRISS JAMI That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying an...
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER The modern notion of art is an essentially religious or magical one in which the artist is viewed as...
TOM WOLFE The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Once Rene Portland receives the papers, we can then start to subpoena former players.
KAREN DOERING ...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the b...
PLATO He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cann...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cann...
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD It is easier to compare oneself, to establish social exchange as that swapmeet of glory and contempt...
JACQUES RANCIèRE Are you mine?’ he murmurs. ‘Always,’ I answer as his lips find mine.
MILA GRAY Back when I knew he was mine, only mine. Back when I knew he loved me, and only me. I miss back when...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there...
THOMAS JEFFERSON That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
THOMAS JEFFERSON In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fi...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my fam...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON We seldom report of having eaten too little.
THOMAS JEFFERSON I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Tranquility is the old man's milk.
THOMAS JEFFERSON The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions,...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
THOMAS JEFFERSON In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.
THOMAS JEFFERSON