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*GIVE*
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(...By Kehlil Gibran continued)*
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It is well to give when asked,
but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

And to the open-handed, the search for one who shall receive, is joy greater
than giving.
And is there ought you would with-hold ?
All you have will some day be given;
therefore, give now, that the season of giving may be yours, and not your
inheritors.

You often say,"I'd give, but only to the deserving."
The trees in your orchard say not so,
nor the flocks in your pasture.

They give that they may live,
for to with-hold is to perish.

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