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Definition of Sake
Sake

Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.

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Sake Quotations

But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sake Translations

sake in German is um...willen, seinetwegen
sake in Portuguese is causa
sake in Swedish is skull

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