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Destruction Quote by John Donne

“I do not love a man, except I hate his…” quote by John Donne — Download Open image

“I do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love.”

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For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

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There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.

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