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A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
Homer
FriendBrotherSympathyQuiteDear
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
CommunicationBestWordsWindEmpty
Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
PatienceWisePatientResolve
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
HeartMeHellHidingOne ThingWho
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
MarriageWifeManPeopleEyeHouse
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
TimeWordsSleepManyAlso
True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.
FriendsTrueTrue FriendsThanMoved
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
GoodRelationshipHeartTimeGlow
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
CharityOthersPreciousUsTrifle
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
FriendGreatDieWorthFindDying
A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
FriendsBoldnessDecentEverMeets
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
BetterWorseSonsMostThanFathers
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