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Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth, And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love.

– Walt Whitman

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Brother, the Great Spirit has made us all. . . . .

– Seneca

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Death's brother, sleep.

– Virgil

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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

– Book of Proverbs

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Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been about love for a brother. Or a father. Or a friend. It could just as easily have been a prayer.

– John Denver

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One mind awake can awaken another, The second awake can awaken their next door brother. Three awake can awaken the town By turning the whole place upside down. Many awake can make such a fuss That they finally awaken the rest of us.

– Helen Kromer

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Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am, and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law.

– Dr. Karl Menninger

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My friend I consider you my brother. I know we are not blood, and blood is thicker than water, but your body already has all the blood it needs. You will always need water.

– Eric Pio

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The younger brother hath the more wit.

– John Ray

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Those who set out nobly to be their brother's keeper sometimes end up by becoming his jailer. Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

– I. F. Stone

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What is it about genus arboretum that socks us in the figurative solar plexus We see a logging truck go cruising down the road, stacked with a bunch of those fresh-cut giants, we feel like we lost a brother. Next thing you know, we're in The Brick, we're flopping money down on the bar. Wood. We're under a roof. Wood. We're walking the floors. Wood. Grabbing a pool cue. That's wood. Our friends in the forest carry a set of luggage from the mythical baggage carousel. Tree of life, tree of knowledge, family tree, Buddha's Bodhi tree. Page one of life, in the beginning. Genesis 322. Adam and Eve. They're kicking back in the garden of Eden and boom, they get an eviction notice. Why is that Lest they should also take of the tree of life, eat and live forever. A definitive Yahweh no-no. Be good to yourself, go out and plant a wet one on a tree.

– Diane Frolov

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As close as we are today, tomorrow when we come back from that battlefield, we will be as close as two men can possibly be, sharing a bond that can only be forged in the face of imminent disfigurement. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.

– Jeff Melvoin

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I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that ther's always somebody there, somebody that's family.

– Trey and Matt Stone Parker

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There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vadar in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug Howl the eternal yes

– Stuart Stevens

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I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

– Artemus Ward

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Freedom of speech gives us all the opportunity to express our thoughts and react to them; but does this “ freedom” give “big brother”, the opportunity to dictate our way of life???

– Larry Levesque

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I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for george again. yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, I'faith.

– Ben Johnson

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A brother is a friend given by nature.

– Legouve

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