Ruin Quotes
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All who contribute to the overthrow of religion, or to the ruin of kingdoms and commonwealths, all who are foes to letters and to the arts which confer honour and benefit on the human race (among whom I reckon the impious, the cruel, the ignorant, the indolent, the base and the worthless), are held in infamy and detestation.
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There are three way of courting ruin - women, gambling, and calling in technicians.
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The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.
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Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.
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He who is the cause of another's advancement is thereby the cause of his own ruin.
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If there be not a religious element in the relations of men, such relations are miserable and doomed to ruin.
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Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if any change shall come and the Marring be amended, Manwë and Varda may know; but they have not revealed it, and it is not declared in the dooms of Mandos.
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It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.
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Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.
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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.
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The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.
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Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.
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Man marks the earth with ruin - his control stops with the shore.
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If a man has directed his course to great ends there is compensation even in ruin.
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State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and sacred. If a government uses the instruments of power in its hands for the purpose of leading a people to ruin, then rebellion is not only the right but also the duty of every individual citizen.
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By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises.
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A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin was within.
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Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.
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Ever notice how the more depraved a man is, the more he tries to ruin other people’s fun?
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If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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A world that is intellectually mature but morally infantile is on the road to ruin.
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What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the point of pure hysteria; I never liked it. Those who are humiliated in such a way learn to disintegrate – that is, they become once removed from pain. This is the most direct route to psychic ruin.
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
