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| A hand accustomed to take is far from giving. Arabian. | 1 |
| A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. Seneca. | 2 |
| Better give than have to give. Italian, German. | 3 |
| Give a clown your fingers and he’ll take your whole hand. | 4 |
| Give a grateful man more than he asks. Portuguese. | 5 |
| Give a helping hand to a man in trouble. Latin. | 6 |
| Give a hint to the man of sense and consider the thing done. | 7 |
| Give a loaf and beg a shrive. | 8 |
| Give a poor man sixpence and not a bottle of wine. | 9 |
| Give a thing and take again and you shall ride in hell’s wain. | 10 |
| Give and spend and God will send. | 11 |
| Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell. | 12 |
| Give him rope enough and he’ll hang himself. | 13 |
| Give me roast meat and beat me with the spit. | 14 |
| Give assistance and receive thanks lighter than a feather. | 15 |
Give at first asking what you safely can,
’Tis certain gain to help an honest man. | 16 |
| Give every man his due. | 17 |
| Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry. | 18 |
| Give me a seat and I will make room to lie down. Spanish. | 19 |
| Give to him that has. Italian. | 20 |
| Give unto the king what is the king’s, and unto God what is God’s. German. | 21 |
| Giving begets love, lending as usually lessens it. | 22 |
| Giving is fishing. Italian. | 23 |
| Giving much to the poor doth increase a man’s store. | 24 |
| God loveth a cheerful giver. | 25 |
| Hand and tongue never give alike. Yorubas (Africa). | 26 |
| He gives an egg to get a chicken. Dutch. | 27 |
| He gives double who gives unasked. Arabian. | 28 |
| He giveth twice who giveth in a trice. | 29 |
| He is of the race of John Vancleve who would always much rather have than give. Dutch. | 30 |
| He sends his present with a hook attached. (Angling for a return.) Latin. | 31 |
| He that bestows but a bone on thee would not have thee die. | 32 |
He that gives his goods before he be dead,
Take up a mallet and knock him on the head. | 33 |
| He that gives his heart will not deny his money. | 34 |
| He that gives honor to his enemy is like to an ass. | 35 |
| He that gives to a grateful man puts out to usury. | 36 |
| He that gives to be seen will relieve none in the dark. | 37 |
| He that giveth customarily to the vulgar borroweth trouble. | 38 |
| He that giveth to a good man selleth well. | 39 |
| He who can give has many a good neighbor. French. | 40 |
| He who gives all before he dies will need a great deal of patience. | 41 |
| He who gives bread to others’ dogs is often barked at by his own. Italian. | 42 |
| He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. | 43 |
| He who gives grudgingly shall be taught better by adversity. Sri Lankan. | 44 |
| He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth. Turkish. | 45 |
| He who gives mankind a new food product is a benefactor. Stilson Hutchins. | 46 |
| He who gives must take. (Applied to joking.) German. | 47 |
| He who gives to the public gives to no one. Spanish. | 48 |
| He who gives quickly gives doubly. German. | 49 |
| He who gives to the poor lends to the Lord. German, Dutch. | 50 |
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| He who giveth expecteth something in return. Chinese. | 51 |
| He who would take must give. Spanish. | 52 |
| His name is Doson (will give). Said of one always promising, never performing. Plutarch. | 53 |
| If a poor man gives to you he expects more in return. Portuguese. | 54 |
| If you give him an inch he’ll take an ell. | 55 |
| It is more blessed to give than to receive. New Testament. | 56 |
| It is not much to give the leg to him that gave you the fowl. Spanish. | 57 |
| Let the giver be silent, and the receiver speak. Portuguese. | 58 |
| Many give with their mouths, and not with their hands. German. | 59 |
| Many take by the bushel and give by the spoon. German. | 60 |
| Much is expected where much is given. | 61 |
| Not he gives who likes, but who has. Spanish. | 62 |
Not usurers make more beggars where they live,
Than charitable men, who heedless give. Heywood. | 63 |
| One always regrets what he gives to the wicked. La Fontaine. | 64 |
| One must not give to another what he needs himself. German. | 65 |
| People don’t give black puddings to one who kills no pigs. Spanish. | 66 |
| People give to the rich and take from the poor. German. | 67 |
Rent a man a garden, and he’ll make it a desert;
Give a man a rock, and he’ll make it a paradise. | 68 |
| Shameless they give, who give what’s not their own. Homer. | 69 |
| Sic as ye gie, sic will ye get. | 70 |
| The hand that gives gathers. | 71 |
| The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Turkish. | 72 |
| The hard give no more than he that hath nothing. | 73 |
| They are free of fruit that want an orchard. | 74 |
| They that gie you hinder you to buy. | 75 |
| They that will give must take. Don Quixote. | 76 |
| To be slow to give and to refuse are the same thing. French, Portuguese. | 77 |
| To give an apple where there is an orchard. | 78 |
| To give an egg to get an ox. French, Dutch. | 79 |
| To give and keep there is need of wit. | 80 |
| To give and to have doth a wise brain crave. | 81 |
| To give is a noble thing. Ovid. | 82 |
| To give is honor, to beg dishonor. Portuguese. | 83 |
| To give is honor, to lose is grief. Spanish. | 84 |
| To give quickly is to give doubly. German. | 85 |
| To give one as good as he brings. | 86 |
| To give one the dog to hold; i.e., to serve one a dog’s trick. | 87 |
| To give tardily is to refuse. French, Portuguese. | 88 |
| To him who can take all you have, give what he asks. Italian. | 89 |
| To him who gives you a capon you can spare a leg or a wing. Spanish. | 90 |
| To him who gives you a pig, you may well give a rasher. Italian. | 91 |
| To one who has a pie in the oven you may give a bit of your cake. | 92 |
| What thou givest that shalt thou take with thee. Turkish. | 93 |
| What we gave we have, what we spent we had, what we left we lost. Epitaph of Edward, Earl of Devon. | 94 |
| What you give is written in sand, what you take with an iron hand. German. | 95 |
Who gives away his goods before he is dead,
Take a beetle and knock him on the head. | 96 |
| Who gives his milk to the cats must drink water. German. | 97 |
| Who gives teaches a return. Italian. | 98 |
| Who gives the capon give him a leg and wing. | 99 |
| Who gives to me teaches me to give. Dutch. | 100 |
| Who gives sells dear if the receiver be not a churl. Italian. | 101 |
| Who little gives can give often. | 102 |
| Whoever gives thee a bone would not wish to see thee dead. Don Quixote. | 103 |
| Whoever makes great presents expects great presents in return. Martial. | 104 |
| Your lavished stores speak not the liberal mind, but the disease of giving. Epicharmus speaking to a prodigal. | 105 |
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