proverb · Legacy record
It takes love to give, and to take with love is also giving.
It takes love to give, and to take with love is also giving.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Giving and receiving with love both described as giving make the recipient an active part of an exchange. The saying values care expressed on either side.
What the words are saying
A useful reading can appreciate welcome reception without turning gratitude into compulsory performance. A recipient may decline an unsuitable gift, and love does not make giving obligatory or erase its practical limits. The sentence does not promise reciprocal material reward.
Everyday example
Someone accepts a welcome gesture warmly while remaining free to decline an unrelated request.
When to use it
Use it to discuss mutual care with consent and limits retained.
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What it does not mean
No obligation to accept gifts or repay care through compliance is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 466; PDF page 44; collection label: Middle East
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Middle East