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belongs

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Examples

The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor. Basil of Caesarea

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound. Ambrose

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Plutarch

A good man does not take what belongs to someone else. Native American Proverb

By desiring what belongs to others, you lose your own. Bulgarian Proverb

A song belongs to no one. Bulgarian Proverb

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