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You often say, __ would give, but only to the deserving.__he trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet
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You often say, __ would give, but only to the deserving.__he trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
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Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

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