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«Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him»
Author: Danish Proverb | About: Parents, Relatives | Keywords: fox, relatives
«Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.»
Author: Ralph Ellison | Keywords: ancestors, relatives
«One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives»
Author: Euripides | Keywords: loyal, relatives, ten thousand
«People are entangled in the enjoyment of fine clothes, but gold and silver are only dust. They acquire beautiful horses and elephants, and ornate carriages of many kinds. They think of nothing else, and they forget all their relatives. They ignore their Creator; without the Name, they are impure.»
«The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.»
«That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.»
«Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.»
«Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives»
«The enticing desire for Maya leads people to become emotionally attached to their children, relatives, households and spouses.»
«The empty body is dreadful, when the soul goes out from within. The burning fire of life is extinguished, and the smoke of the breath no longer emerges. The five relatives (the senses) weep and wail painfully, and waste away through the love of duality.»

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