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"Thou" means you (singular). "Dost" means do or does. "Giveth" means give or gives. This makes the phrase translate into modern English as "For you gain equal to what you give," which means you get what you put into it. Another way of saying this is TANSTAAFL, or There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Whatever effort, time, money, whatever that you put into a project or situation, you will get similar results back out of it. If you put no effort into something, then you will get nothing back; if you put a lot of effort in, then you will get large results.

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