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title: "Top Ruins Proverbs"
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> [The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-walcott/the-sigh-of-history-rises-over-ruins-not-over-landscapes-and-in-the/)

[Derek Walcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-walcott/)

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> [I think when you really adore something, and you've grown up with it, you almost don't want to be part of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goldman/i-think-when-you-really-adore-something-and-you-ve-grown-up-with-it/)

[Jane Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goldman/)

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> [My philosophy, don't let cancer ruin your life. You get up every day and use what you have and what time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-henderson/my-philosophy-don-t-let-cancer-ruin-your-life-you-get-up-every-day/)

[Paul Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-henderson/)

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> [There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/there-is-so-much-poetry-and-yet-nothing-is-more-rare-than-a-poetic/)

[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/)

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> [The Romans spent the next 200 years using their great engineering skill to construct ruins all over Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-romans-spent-the-next-200-years-using-their-great-engineering/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [A lot of people, they've been saying to me, oh don't get married. It ruins everything. And I'm like, damn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/a-lot-of-people-they-ve-been-saying-to-me-oh-don-t-get-married-it/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

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> [In the end, an impatience with the Word of God can be explained only by an impatience with God. We all, both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-mohler/in-the-end-an-impatience-with-the-word-of-god-can-be-explained-only/)

[Albert Mohler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-mohler/)

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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/)

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> [“Refusing the false securities of a stable and linear past, such an approach celebrates heterogeneous sensations and surprising associations, random connections, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-edensor/refusing-the-false-securities-of-a-stable-and-linear-past-such-an/)

[Tim Edensor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-edensor/)

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> [The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-only-thing-which-consoles-for-our-miseries-is-diversion-and-yet/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [At the most we gaze at it in wonder, a kind of wonder which in itself is a form of dawning horror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-g-sebald/at-the-most-we-gaze-at-it-in-wonder-a-kind-of-wonder-which-in-itself/)

[W. G. Sebald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-g-sebald/)

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> [The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-buddhist-tenet-non-killing-is-supreme-virtue-is-very-good-but-in/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [We are going to inherit the earth . There is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie may blast and burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buenaventura-durruti/we-are-going-to-inherit-the-earth-there-is-not-the-slightest-doubt-2/)

[Buenaventura Durruti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buenaventura-durruti/)

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> [The dust is old upon my "sandal-shoon," And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-parker-willis/the-dust-is-old-upon-my-sandal-shoon-and-still-i-am-a-pilgrim-i-have/)

[Nathaniel Parker Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-parker-willis/)

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> [Examining love is like examining a stocking: if you hold it up to the light and stretch it to search for snags,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/examining-love-is-like-examining-a-stocking-if-you-hold-it-up-to-the/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

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> [“don't think that women ought to sit down at table with men. It ruins conversation and I'm sure it's very bad for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/don-t-think-that-women-ought-to-sit-down-at-table-with-men-it-ruins/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [It's creepy, but here we are, the Pilgrims, the crackpots of our time, trying to establish our own alternate reality. To build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/it-s-creepy-but-here-we-are-the-pilgrims-the-crackpots-of-our-time/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [So it's back once more, back up the slope. Why do they always ruin my rope with their cuts? I felt so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/so-it-s-back-once-more-back-up-the-slope-why-do-they-always-ruin-my/)

[Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/)

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> [The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-decline-of-rome-was-the-natural-and-inevitable-effect-of/)

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

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> [Natural causes, as we know, are at work, which tend to modify, if they do not at length destroy, all the arrangements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-clerk-maxwell/natural-causes-as-we-know-are-at-work-which-tend-to-modify-if-they-do/)

[James Clerk Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-clerk-maxwell/)

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> [Concerning the prayer that mountains fall to crush and hide, Farrar , says: "These words of Christ met with a painfully literal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-farrar/concerning-the-prayer-that-mountains-fall-to-crush-and-hide-farrar/)

[Frederic Farrar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-farrar/)

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> [Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/conquered-states-that-have-been-accustomed-to-liberty-and-the/)

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

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> [A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/a-benevolent-malefactor-merciful-gentle-helpful-clement-a-convict/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/love-of-colors-bewilders-the-eye-and-it-fails-to-see-right-love-of/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

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> [Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/ruin-seize-thee-ruthless-king-confusion-on-thy-banners-wait-though/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

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> [ Our fiscal ruin and resulting loss of world leadership will, in their \[liberals'\] eyes, be not a tragic event but a desirable… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-daniels/our-fiscal-ruin-and-resulting-loss-of-world-leadership-will-in-their/)

[Mitch Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-daniels/)

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> [Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/theologians-consider-that-it-was-the-sin-of-pride-the-sinful-thought/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [“Humans have a tendency to overcomplicate simple things because we overthink them. But if you take a step back and remember your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-singh/humans-have-a-tendency-to-overcomplicate-simple-things-because-we/)

[Lilly Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-singh/)

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> [But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/but-you-can-build-a-future-out-of-anything-a-scrap-a-flicker-the/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

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> [The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-student-has-his-rome-his-florence-his-whole-glowing-italy-within/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/reticence-may-be-an-elderly-doctrine-to-preach-yet-from-the-artistic/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

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> [Take responsibility and make a relationship the best it can be. We're all afraid of being hurt. Get rid of that fear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moran-atias/take-responsibility-and-make-a-relationship-the-best-it-can-be-we-re/)

[Moran Atias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moran-atias/)

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> [Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/dear-soul-don-t-set-a-high-value-on-someone-before-they-deserve-it/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [“The lights of Knoxville quaked in a faint penumbra to the west as must the ruins of many an older city seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/the-lights-of-knoxville-quaked-in-a-faint-penumbra-to-the-west-as/)

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

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> [The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/the-devil-often-transforms-himself-into-an-angel-to-tempt-men-some/)

[Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/)

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> [One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-howard/one-false-idea-is-that-anyone-can-hurt-you-events-can-ruin-your/)

[Vernon Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-howard/)

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> [With Your great schemes, You ruin our happiness like a harvester ruins a mouse's nest: I hate You, God, I hate You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/with-your-great-schemes-you-ruin-our-happiness-like-a-harvester-ruins/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [The more fashionable doctors in Italy, began to delegate to slaves the manual attentions they deemed necessary for their patients ... that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-vesalius/the-more-fashionable-doctors-in-italy-began-to-delegate-to-slaves-the/)

[Andreas Vesalius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-vesalius/)

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> [Making bad decisions and choosing the wrong partner can ruin your life for a long time, perhaps forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karrine-steffans/making-bad-decisions-and-choosing-the-wrong-partner-can-ruin-your/)

[Karrine Steffans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karrine-steffans/)

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> [A money-lender--he serves you in the present tense; he lends you in the conditional mood; keeps you in the conjunctive; and ruins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/a-money-lender-he-serves-you-in-the-present-tense-he-lends-you-in-the/)

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

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                        "text": "The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves and which makes us imperceptibly ruin ourselves.",
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                        "text": "The Buddhist tenet, \"Non-killing is supreme virtue\", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to the capacities of the people at large, Buddhism has brought ruin upon India.",
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                        "text": "We are going to inherit the earth . There is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie may blast and burn its own world before it finally leaves the stage of history. We Are not afraid of ruins. We who ploughed the prairies and built the cities can build again, only better next time. We carry a new world, here in our hearts. That world is growing this minute.",
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                        "text": "The dust is old upon my \"sandal-shoon,\" And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters, And worshipp'd at innumerable shrines Of beauty; and the painter's art, to me, And sculpture, speak as with a living tongue, And of dead kingdoms, I recall the soul, Sitting amid their ruins.",
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                        "text": "Examining love is like examining a stocking: if you hold it up to the light and stretch it to search for snags, any snags there are may well run and ruin the stocking. In fact, if I may fashion Coudert's law from Heisenberg's principle of indeterminacy, it is this: Love is not only changed by observation; it is changed for the worse.",
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                        "text": "“don't think that women ought to sit down at table with men. It ruins conversation and I'm sure it's very bad for them. It puts ideas in their heads, and women are never at ease with themselves when they have ideas.”",
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                        "text": "So it's back once more, back up the slope. Why do they always ruin my rope with their cuts? I felt so ready the other day, Had a real foretaste of eternity In my guts. Spoonfeeding me yet another sip from life's cup. I don't want it, won't take any more of it. Let me throw up. Life is medium rare and good, I see, And the world full of soup and bread, But it won't pass into the blood for me, Just goes to my head. It makes me ill, though others it feeds; Do see that I must deny it! For a thousand years from now at least I'm keeping a diet.",
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                        "text": "The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and, as soon as time or accident and removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight. The story of the ruin is simple and obvious: and instead of inquiring why the Roman Empire was destroyed we should rather be surprised that it has subsisted for so long.",
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                        "text": "Concerning the prayer that mountains fall to crush and hide, Farrar , says: \"These words of Christ met with a painfully literal illustration when hundreds of the unhappy Jews at the siege of Jerusalem hid themselves in the darkest and vilest subterranean recesses, and when, besides those who were hunted out, no less than two thousand were killed by being buried under the ruins of their hiding places.\"",
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                        "text": "A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance, preferring to ruin himself rather than to ruin his enemy, saving him who had smitten him, kneeling on the heights of virtue, more nearly akin to an angel than to a man. Javert was constrained to admit to himself that this monster existed. Things could not go on in this manner.",
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                        "text": "Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love of perfumes fills the head with dizziness. Love of flavors ruins the taste. Desires unsettle the heart until the original nature runs amok. These five are enemies of true life. Yet these are what men of discernment claim to live for. They are not what I live for. If this is life, then pigeons in a cage have found happiness!",
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                        "text": "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.",
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                        "text": "Our fiscal ruin and resulting loss of world leadership will, in their [liberals'] eyes, be not a tragic event but a desirable one.",
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