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Foster Love

Foster Love

Whoever would foster love covers over an offence,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:9 NIV

The way to preserve peace is to make the best of every thing; not to notice what has been said or done against ourselves. Matthew Henry

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