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title: "6 Man Receives Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [A man receives only what he is ready to receive... The phenomenon or fact that cannot in any wise be linked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-receives-only-what-he-is-ready-to-receive-the-phenomenon-or/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“The idea is, when a man receives a gift from another, his heart becomes impure, he becomes low, he loses his independence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-idea-is-when-a-man-receives-a-gift-from-another-his-heart-becomes/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/a-successful-man-is-he-who-receives-a-great-deal-from-his-fellow-men/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [“The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvelous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to the root…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-urbane-activity-with-which-a-man-receives-money-is-really/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as animals conceive at certain seasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-receives-only-what-he-is-ready-to-receive-whether-physically-or/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-giving-a-man-receives-more-than-he-gives-and-the-more-is-in/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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