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> # Into the breast that gives the rose, Shall I with shuddering fall?

[George Meredith](https://quotesby.net/George-Meredith)\#5

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Should one fear the person who gives a gift like a rose?In plain termsShould you fear the giver of a rose?What can you take from it?Not all gifts are safe; check the giver.

### Where it applies

- receiving gifts
- building trust
- risk assessment

### Putting it to work

- evaluate the source
- question apparent kindness

### Questions to consider

- Is every gift a trap?
- How do you trust a stranger?

### Another view

It implies generosity is often malicious.

## More from George Meredith

1. > It's past parsons to console us: No, nor no doctor fetch for me: I can die without my bolus; Two of a trade, lass, never agree! Parson and Doctor!--don't they …

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2. > Earth, the mother of all, Moves on her stedfast way, Gathering, flinging, sowing. Mortals, we live in her day, She in her children is growing.

[Permalink to quote \#6](https://quotesby.net/George-Meredith/6/ "Permalink to quote 6")
3. > I've studied men from my topsy-turvy Close, and I reckon, rather true. Some are fine fellows: some, right scurvy; Most, a dash between the two.

[Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/George-Meredith/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")

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