society

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The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

Connection; participation; partnership.

A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.

The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.

Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.

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Women are the architects of society. Cher

A society is democratic when no one is so rich that they can buy someone, and no one is so poor that they have to sell themselves. Source: Internet

Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society. Confucius

A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all. English Proverb

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society. Greek Proverb

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Greek Proverb

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