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

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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One has to go very far, to know how far one can go.

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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Perhaps I was realizing what the working world meant: doing things without having the desire to do them.

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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Courtesy is actually the most effective form of contempt.

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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It is seen that integrity, combined with methodical intelligence, is not desired anywhere, not even in prisons or administration.

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

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A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.

Robert Bolt

Robert Bolt

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A belief is not simply an idea that the mind possesses, it is an idea that possesses the mind.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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It's not the duties that take away a man's independence; it's the commitments.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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There are people who don't know how to waste their time completely alone. They are the bane of busy people.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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A disorderly conduct sharpens the wit and distorts judgment.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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Two talents in one marriage are too much talent for one home.

Louis de Bonald

Louis de Bonald

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Men are perverted not so much by wealth as by the desire for wealth.

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

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The art of painting consists of lightening and darkening the tones without decorating them.

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