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title: "7 Men Ruin Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Men Ruin quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Men Ruin sayings and thoughts."
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> [Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/men-are-rapists-batterers-plunderers-killers-these-same-men-are/)

[Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/)

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> [If men, who in their hearts are friends to a government, forbear giving it their utmost assistance against its enemies, they put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/if-men-who-in-their-hearts-are-friends-to-a-government-forbear-giving/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

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> [Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/men-ruin-themselves-headlong-for-unworthy-women/)

[Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/)

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> [Men ruin cars. That's one of the things every woman knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-ford/men-ruin-cars-that-s-one-of-the-things-every-woman-knows/)

[Leslie Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/leslie-ford-26255_car_men-ruin-cars-that-s-one-of-the-things-e_1818764.jpg)

> [Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/henceforth-ye-may-thieve-with-better-knowledge-whence-lucre-should-be/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [“I wanted them to be terrible, hideous monsters. But they aren’t. They are petty men who ruin lives and don’t even notice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/i-wanted-them-to-be-terrible-hideous-monsters-but-they-aren-t-they/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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> [The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-errors-of-young-men-are-the-ruin-of-business-but-the-errors-of/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/francis-bacon-297_amount_the-errors-of-young-men-are-the-ruin-of_2143445.jpg)

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