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Many a brother you have whom your mother did not bear.

Arabic proverb (Majma' al-Amthal)

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We have two ears and one mouth, so that we may listen more and speak less.

Zeno of Citium

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.23

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Of all the things wisdom provides for the blessedness of a whole life, by far the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Epicurus

Principal Doctrines 27

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Plant the tree of friendship, for it bears the heart's desire; uproot the sapling of enmity, for it brings sorrow without number.

Hafiz

Divan of Hafiz

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Your spirit is mingled with my spirit as wine is mingled with clear water: whatever touches you touches me, and so in every state, you are I.

Al-Hallaj

Diwan al-Hallaj

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One hand alone cannot clap.

Arabic proverb

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Choose the neighbor before the house.

Arabic proverb

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A long road tests the horse's strength; long days reveal the human heart.

Chinese proverb

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A single cup of coffee is remembered for forty years.

Turkish proverb

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If a man attends to you only with strained effort, leave him, and do not waste much regret on him.

Imam Ash-Shafi'i

Diwan al-Shafi'i (traditionally attributed)

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

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All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Jane Austen

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Friendship is Love without his wings!

Lord Byron

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People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.

Muhammad Iqbal

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In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Alex Haley

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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

Augustine of Hippo

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Your friend is your needs answered.

Kahlil Gibran

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Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

Sigmund Freud

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