Ruins Quotes
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Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole.
George Washington -
What's past and what's to come is strew'd with husks And formless ruin of oblivion.
William Shakespeare
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There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.
Pablo Neruda -
How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
Oscar Wilde -
Of course we're still having the concert. Don't let a little rain ruin your night.
Jo Dee Messina -
The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
Politics ruins the character.
Otto von Bismarck -
Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
Beverly Sills
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The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.
Maurice Blanchot -
I detest war; it ruins conversation.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle -
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
John Tillotson -
I know that people's judgments are fast, and in a split second I will ruin it.
Kristen Stewart -
I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.
Hermann Hesse -
There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic.
W. S. Gilbert
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The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
John Milton -
Why are you messing with the fantasy? We know about the reality. Don't ruin the fantasy, OK?
Anthony Michael Hall -
The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.
Victor Hugo -
Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits.
Yahtzee Croshaw -
Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that were basically cool getting kind of uncool. So that ruins what I feel about jazz.
Van Morrison -
It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled; For see! how the light of the New Year is gilding The wan, worn face of the bruised old world.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations.
H. G. Wells -
The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century’s frontier.
Bruce Sterling -
We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.
Alfred Jarry -
Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.
Mahatma Gandhi