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title: "8 Destroys Good Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Destroys Good quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Destroys Good sayings and thoughts."
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> [A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/a-fool-acquires-knowledge-only-to-his-own-disadvantage-it-destroys/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/gautama-buddha-163_acquire_a-fool-acquires-knowledge-only-to-his-ow_86242.jpg)

> [Stubbornness destroys good advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-ibn-abi-talib/stubbornness-destroys-good-advice/)

[Ali ibn Abi Talib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-ibn-abi-talib/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/ali-ibn-abi-talib-3270_advice_stubbornness-destroys-good-advice-234328_234328.jpg)

> [Losing a Super Bowl destroys all the good things that happened to get you there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-shula/losing-a-super-bowl-destroys-all-the-good-things-that-happened-to-get/)

[Don Shula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-shula/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/don-shula-11263_bowl_losing-a-super-bowl-destroys-all-the-goo_962483.jpg)

> [For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-payne/for-domination-has-nothing-whatsoever-to-do-with-good-government-and/)

[Robert Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-payne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/robert-payne-21806_domination_for-domination-has-nothing-whatsoever-to_1065360.jpg)

> [He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/he-who-destroys-a-good-book-kills-reason-itself/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/lack-of-activity-destroys-the-good-condition-of-every-human-being-2/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/but-he-who-destroys-a-good-book-kills-reason-itself/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [Avoid jealously for this destroys good deeds as fire destroys wood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-hurairah/avoid-jealously-for-this-destroys-good-deeds-as-fire-destroys-wood/)

[Abu Hurairah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-hurairah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/abu-hurairah-88408_deeds_avoid-jealously-for-this-destroys-good-d_3000425.png)

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