Life is both giving and receiving.

Mohawk proverbs
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A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

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The Me Factor

Confusion sometimes a theory shared begins.
It is said to those who give,
To learn to receive...
And let just giving end!
But when one is raised to do for others...
The Me Factor spoken may sit well for some,
But doesn't become another's druthers!

We are often told how selfish it is,
To think of oneself and how that is negative.
It is said 'to give' is better than 'to receive'.
Although in doing so...
Receiving for some is difficult to show!

Giving to give and thinking nothing of themselves...
Are many who live who believe 'to give' is positive!
And yes it is an act of unselfishness.
But many are living and not receiving proper rest!
And living to receive with a 'me' factor conceived,
Is the one thing they detest.

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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It Is All Relative

It is all relative.

'What is? '

The receiving of a gift.
And the receiver of it,
Is unaware what it is...
Until eyes are open.

It is all relative.

'What is? '

The moment that a dawning comes,
To be welcomed by one awakening.
And only then,
Will a comprehension begin.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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A Stinging From A Venomous Tongue

What's been done...
Will always come back to be,
Left for another...
To be delivered,
And...received.
With a stinging from a venomous tongue.
And a stunning meaning to leave stung.

What's been done...
Will always come back to be,
Left for another...
To be delivered,
And...received.
With a stinging from a venomous tongue.
And a stunning meaning to leave stung.

And,
Deserved...
When,
Someone gets to receive...

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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To Droan On On To Droan

I you can not...
Leave me alone,
To just stop...
And,
Go on your own...
You may have a lot,
Condoned headaches...
To droan on on to droan!

This peace I keep,
Has no whistles and horns.
This peace I keep,
Needs no melodic cellos playing on.

This peace I keep,
So leave it alone.
It's sweet and deep,
So leave it alone.
I am a blessed receiver!
Leave me alone...

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

quote by Pythagoras
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When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

quote by Joe Theismann
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It is not by the absolute quantity of produce obtained by either class, that we can correctly judge of the rate of profit, rent, and wages, but by the quantity of labour required to obtain that produce.

quote by David Ricardo
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Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

quote by Doris Lessing
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Cleveland Lyke-wake Dirge (Traditional)

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle;
Fire and sleete and candle lighte,
And Christe receive thye saule.

When thou from hence away are paste,
Every nighte and alle;
To Whinny-muir thou comest at laste;
And Christe receive thye saule.

If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon,
Every nighte and alle;
Sit thee down, and put them on;
And Christe receive thye saule.

If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gavest nane,
Every nighte and alle;
The whinnes shall pricke thee to the bare bane,
And Christe receive thye saule.

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poem by Sir Walter Scott
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

quote by Plato
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Who receives a gift sells his liberty.

Romanian proverbs
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato in The Republic
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Who receives a gift, sells his liberty.

Spanish proverbs
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The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.

quote by Joseph Lancaster
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He who receives a gift does not measure.

Kenya proverbs
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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

quote by Samuel Richardson
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To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.

quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

quote by James Allen
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