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a relative

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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. Honoré de Balzac

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion. Jean-Luc Godard

The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored. Joseph Silk

Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery it's a pen that scratches. Robert Orben

The death of not a relative is a wedding.Compared to a death of a relative. Swahili Proverb

A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance. American Proverb

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