Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
It is a [disputed] question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie [gold and silver coin], is a good or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Pleasures bring effeminacy, and effeminacy foreruns ruin; such conquests, without blood or sweat, sufficiently do revenge themselves upon their intemperate conquerors. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them… — Saint Timothy Copy Share Image
I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I thought 'RV' stood for 'Recreational Vehicle.' No! It stands for 'Ruins Vacations.' — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
Like in [the 1950s] if you wanted to ruin someone´s career in Hollywood you claimed he was a Communist. Nowadays, you want… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That… — John Gay Copy Share Image
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Kindness is a rotten fruit that poisons anyone who partakes of it. Throw it in the face of your enemies and let… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
It is religion which has made modern Europe what she is by its stability amid the ruin of nations, by adapting itself… — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image
When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have a strange illusion quite often. I think I've become deaf. I have to make a little noise to prove I'm… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I'm always writing music. I sort of do it obsessively, for good or for bad. It's good that it keeps me going,… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
In those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Better far off to leave half the ruins and nine-tenths of the churches unseen and to see well the rest; to see… — Augustus Hare Copy Share Image