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> [Too much thinking is a bad thing sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-simms/too-much-thinking-is-a-bad-thing-sometimes/)

[Phil Simms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-simms/)

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> [Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-ruin/)

[Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/)

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> [“You will love him to ruins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-hodkin/you-will-love-him-to-ruins/)

[Michelle Hodkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-hodkin/)

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> [We come from ruins, but we're not ruined,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-berman/we-come-from-ruins-but-we-re-not-ruined/)

[Marshall Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-berman/)

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> [Too many kings can ruin an army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/too-many-kings-can-ruin-an-army/)

[Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/)

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> [I detest war; it ruins conversation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-le-bovier-de-fontenelle/i-detest-war-it-ruins-conversation/)

[Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-le-bovier-de-fontenelle/)

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> [The synonyme of usury is ruin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-synonyme-of-usury-is-ruin/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [True fans can't ruin shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-biegel/true-fans-can-t-ruin-shows/)

[Kevin Biegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-biegel/)

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> [For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/for-sometimes-you-can-t-help-but-crave-some-ruin-in-what-you-love/)

[Chang-Rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/)

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> [Muddled thinking inevitably results in muddled living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/muddled-thinking-inevitably-results-in-muddled-living/)

[Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/)

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> [Never again will NAACP find itself near financial ruin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kweisi-mfume/never-again-will-naacp-find-itself-near-financial-ruin/)

[Kweisi Mfume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kweisi-mfume/)

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> [Sisters ruin everything. It's in their job description.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-titus/sisters-ruin-everything-it-s-in-their-job-description/)

[Christopher Titus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-titus/)

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> [I wonder if we climb to heaven over the ruins of many cherished schemes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/i-wonder-if-we-climb-to-heaven-over-the-ruins-of-many-cherished/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

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> [ “There’s always a return to the ruins, only to the womb there is no return. \[191\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/there-s-always-a-return-to-the-ruins-only-to-the-womb-there-is-no/)

[Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/)

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> [RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/ruin-v-to-destroy-specifically-to-destroy-a-maid-s-belief-in-the/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/ruin-is-a-gift-ruin-is-the-road-to-transformation/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I won't let that night ruin you forever." But it did, it broke me into a million pieces and blew them away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-sorensen/i-won-t-let-that-night-ruin-you-forever-but-it-did-it-broke-me-into-a/)

[Jessica Sorensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-sorensen/)

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> [I still don’t get why I have to eat breakfast if you don’t,” Josie muttered. “Because you have to be a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/i-still-don-t-get-why-i-have-to-eat-breakfast-if-you-don-t-josie/)

[Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/)

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> [Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/talent-is-insignificant-i-know-a-lot-of-talented-ruins-beyond-talent/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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> [One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/one-uncongenial-guest-can-ruin-a-dinner-more-easily-than-a-poor-salad/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/by-the-delusions-of-seeming-good-the-people-are-often-misled-to/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-have-been-ruined-by-their-fortunes-and-many-have-escaped-ruin-by/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/it-is-praiseworthy-to-be-brave-and-fearless-but-sometimes-it-is/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-vine-that-has-grown-old-on-an-old-tree-falls-with-the-ruin-of/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

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> [Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/among-the-innumerable-monuments-of-architecture-constructed-by-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [I hate going out for lunch during a workday because it slows down my pace and ruins my rhythm. I prefer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-ford/i-hate-going-out-for-lunch-during-a-workday-because-it-slows-down-my/)

[Tom Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-ford/)

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> [Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well-- Look to the helm, good master--many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/well-then-our-course-is-chosen-spread-the-sail-heave-oft-the-lead-and/)

[Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/)

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> [“In Berlin, you had to wrestle with the past, you had to build on the ruins, inside them. It wasn’t like America,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/in-berlin-you-had-to-wrestle-with-the-past-you-had-to-build-on-the/)

[janet fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-end-then-of-learning-is-to-repair-the-ruins-of-our-first-parents/)

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

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> [...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/the-next-time-i-opened-my-eyes-i-was-in-the-morgue-this-all-by-itself-2/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

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> [Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it damps their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-mayhew/tyranny-brings-ignorance-and-brutality-with-it-it-degrades-men-from/)

[Jonathan Mayhew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-mayhew/)

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> [Nobody had forgotten anything here. In Berlin, you had to wrestle with the past, you had to build on the ruins, inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/nobody-had-forgotten-anything-here-in-berlin-you-had-to-wrestle-with/)

[Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/)

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> [“It looked like someone had been planting stars. The castle was in shreds, flagstone floors tiny islands in a sea of stones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-rees-brennan/it-looked-like-someone-had-been-planting-stars-the-castle-was-in/)

[Sarah Rees Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-rees-brennan/)

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> [There really are two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land, the world of small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-taibbi/there-really-are-two-americas-one-for-the-grifter-class-and-one-for/)

[Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-taibbi/)

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> [Though I am young, and cannot tell Either what Death or Love is well, Yet I have heard they both bear darts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/though-i-am-young-and-cannot-tell-either-what-death-or-love-is-well/)

[Ben Jonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-jonson/)

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> [It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-is-not-contrary-to-reason-to-prefer-the-destruction-of-the-whole/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

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> [Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/education-is-the-point-at-which-we-decide-whether-we-love-the-world-2/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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> [She is all I could ever ask for, she is perfect, and right now, with those big, green eyes and pillowy lips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-wentz/she-is-all-i-could-ever-ask-for-she-is-perfect-and-right-now-with/)

[Pete Wentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-wentz/)

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> [For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/for-me-the-world-has-always-been-more-of-a-puppet-show-but-when-one/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/since-they-are-our-right-let-us-be-vigilant-to-preserve-them/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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                        "text": "...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was lying on the examining table, and Butters, complete with his surgical gown and his tray of autopsy instruments, stood over me. 'I'm not dead!' I sputtered. 'I'm not dead!' - Harry Dresden, Death Masks, Jim Butcher",
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                        "text": "“It looked like someone had been planting stars. The castle was in shreds, flagstone floors tiny islands in a sea of stones and wild grass, but clusters of lights were nestled on the castle floor and the earth of the cliffs alike, lanterns strung from the crumbling battlements. There were so many lights they cast a shimmering haze over everything, bathing the ruins in a pale glow. Mae walked, hardly aware that she was walking, through Tintagel Castle over stones washed in brightness”",
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                        "text": "There really are two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land, the world of small businesses and wage-earning employees, the government is something to be avoided, an overwhelming, all-powerful entity whose attentions usually presage some kind of financial setback, if not complete ruin. In the grifter world, however, government is a slavish lapdog that the financial companies that will be the major players in this book use as a tool for making money.",
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