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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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When men are pure, laws are useless; when they are corrupt, laws are broken.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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The secret of success in a man's life is to prepare to take advantage of the opportunity when it arises.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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Something unpleasant is approaching when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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Never apologize for showing feelings. By doing so, you apologize for the truth.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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I am prepared for the worst, but I hope for the best.

Antonio Francesco Doni

Antonio Francesco Doni

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What happens today has happened before; what is said, continues to be said and will be said later; what is to be, has already been one day.

John Donne

John Donne

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No man is an island, complete in itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the whole.

John Donne

John Donne

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The poor, the crazy, and even the false can love, but not the busy men.

John Donne

John Donne

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The death of any man diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

John Donne

John Donne

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Be your own palace or the world will be your prison.

Juan Donoso Cortés

Juan Donoso Cortés

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We must unite, not to be together, but to do something together.