Who receives a gift, sell his liberty

Similar English and Irish sayings:

She that takes gifts, herself she sells, and she that gives, does not else She that takes gifts, herself she sells, and she that gives, does not else
When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, sell your cow and buy you corn; but when she comes to the futt bit, sell your corn and buy you sheep When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, sell your cow and buy you corn; but when she comes to the futt bit, sell your corn and buy you sheep
A gift long waited for, is sold, not given A gift long waited for, is sold, not given

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