Sister oh sister… # 5
I know a woman who, whenever one of her intimates is attacked in her presence, merely states; “She is my friend” and refuse to say more.
~Andre Maurois ‘The Art of Living’ ~
Though men are brothers their pockets are not sisters.
~Turkish proverb~
Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
~anonymous~
Blood’s thicker than water, and when one’s in trouble best to seek out a relative’s open arms.
~Euripides, Andromache~
Existence warps too much. It sets us so we can only receive certain kinds of opposite numbers. But in the abstract, in essence, any two human beings can find warmth together.
~Norman Mailer, Barbary Shore~
When our relatives are at home, we have to think of their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.
~George Bernard Shaw~
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
~Spanish Proverb~
From the little book of ‘A special Sister’.
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