‘Tis more blessed to give than to receive. Means you’re preventing someone from obtaining a blessing if you don’t take their gift. And by definition, it’s less

‘Tis more blessed to give than to receive. Means you’re preventing someone from obtaining a blessing if you don’t take their gift. And by definition, it’s less blessed to receive than to give. But if everyone only gives, no one receives, grinds to a halt. Metrics on virtue make things so difficult.