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title: "Great Ruins Qoutes"
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> [Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/prayer-is-meaningless-unless-it-is-subversive-unless-it-seeks-to/)

[Abraham Joshua Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-joshua-heschel/)

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> [A nation is not worthy to be saved if, in the hour of its fate, it will not gather up all its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/a-nation-is-not-worthy-to-be-saved-if-in-the-hour-of-its-fate-it-will/)

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

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> [ Possibility, infinity, beauty -- none of those words were right. \[...\] What he really wanted to say was: have you felt this?… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haven-kimmel/possibility-infinity-beauty-none-of-those-words-were-right-what-he/)

[Haven Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haven-kimmel/)

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> [Truth gathers itself spotless and unhurt after all our surrenders and concealments and partisanship; never hurt by the treachery or ruin of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/truth-gathers-itself-spotless-and-unhurt-after-all-our-surrenders-and/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [ There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... \[T\]he most important of all lessons… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gouverneur-morris/there-must-be-religion-when-that-ligament-is-torn-society-is/)

[Gouverneur Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gouverneur-morris/)

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> [The disappointment has come - not because God desires to hurt you or make you miserable or to demoralize you or ruin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-arthur/the-disappointment-has-come-not-because-god-desires-to-hurt-you-or/)

[Kay Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-arthur/)

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> [O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-how-wretched-is-that-poor-man-that-hangs-on-princes-favors-there-is/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [The nature of catastrophe is, after all, reasonably unvarying in the way it ruins, destroys, wounds and devastates. But if something can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-winchester/the-nature-of-catastrophe-is-after-all-reasonably-unvarying-in-the/)

[Simon Winchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-winchester/)

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> [Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-cousineau/mapping-out-dozens-of-deeply-focused-trips-around-the-world-has/)

[Phil Cousineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-cousineau/)

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> [He loved the extensive vaults where you could hear the night birds and the sea breeze; he loved the craggy ruins bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/he-loved-the-extensive-vaults-where-you-could-hear-the-night-birds/)

[Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/)

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> [It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/it-is-sometimes-of-god-s-mercy-that-men-in-the-eager-pursuit-of-2/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [I'm always aware that I risk being taken for a neurasthenic prima donna when I explain to someone who wants 'just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-godwin/i-m-always-aware-that-i-risk-being-taken-for-a-neurasthenic-prima/)

[Gail Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-godwin/)

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> [In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-feldman/in-1953-after-the-armistice-ending-the-korean-war-south-korea-lay-in/)

[Noah Feldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-feldman/)

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> [I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded…We may say that we shall not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/i-dread-our-own-power-and-our-own-ambition-i-dread-our-being-too-much/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [She loved the sea for its storms alone, cared for vegetation only when it grew here and there among ruins. She had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/she-loved-the-sea-for-its-storms-alone-cared-for-vegetation-only-when/)

[Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/)

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> [There be three sorts of government--monarchical, aristocratical, democratical; and they are apt to fall three several ways into ruin--the first, by tyranny;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-quarles/there-be-three-sorts-of-government-monarchical-aristocratical/)

[Francis Quarles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-quarles/)

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> [Our earliest evidence of government, in the ruins of Babylon and Egypt, shows nothing but ziggurats and pyramids of wasted taxpayer money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/our-earliest-evidence-of-government-in-the-ruins-of-babylon-and-egypt/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-smedley/i-believe-only-in-money-not-in-love-or-tenderness-love-and-tenderness/)

[Agnes Smedley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-smedley/)

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> [If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/if-we-try-to-engineer-outcomes-if-we-overturn-tradition-to-make/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

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> [The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonsus-liguori/the-devil-does-not-bring-sinners-to-hell-with-their-eyes-open-he/)

[Alphonsus Liguori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonsus-liguori/)

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> [As an entrepreneur, I knew that if my company failed, I could always try again. So I often felt that the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-ries/as-an-entrepreneur-i-knew-that-if-my-company-failed-i-could-always/)

[Eric Ries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-ries/)

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> [“Diego thought about the night before, about the first breaths of morning chasing them from that old abandoned building, his arms twisted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laekan-zea-kemp/diego-thought-about-the-night-before-about-the-first-breaths-of/)

[Laekan Zea Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laekan-zea-kemp/)

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> [Just trust your instincts. There's an old saying in golf, you've studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/just-trust-your-instincts-there-s-an-old-saying-in-golf-you-ve/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won't do. It is an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-medawar/considered-in-its-entirety-psychoanalysis-won-t-do-it-is-an-end/)

[Peter Medawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-medawar/)

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> [Is there any point in going across the world to eat something or buy something or watch people squatting among their ruins?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/is-there-any-point-in-going-across-the-world-to-eat-something-or-buy/)

[Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/)

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> [I have a strange illusion quite often. I think I've become deaf. I have to make a little noise to prove I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/i-have-a-strange-illusion-quite-often-i-think-i-ve-become-deaf-i-have/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

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> [If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-men-come-among-you-who-do-not-preach-all-the-counsel-of-god-who-do/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/it-is-the-way-of-the-superior-man-to-prefer-the-concealment-of-his/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-farquhar-tupper/a-spark-is-a-molecule-of-matter-yet-may-it-kindle-the-world-vast-is/)

[Martin Farquhar Tupper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-farquhar-tupper/)

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> [I have been blessed to have been working since I was 11. I think horror is an underrated genre. When done really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tucker/i-have-been-blessed-to-have-been-working-since-i-was-11-i-think/)

[Jonathan Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tucker/)

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> [Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/music-deals-with-time-and-timing-it-s-so-magical-but-when-you-get/)

[David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/)

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> [Bowman turned his back on her and began to search the place methodically and exhaustively. When one searches any place, be it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alistair-maclean/bowman-turned-his-back-on-her-and-began-to-search-the-place/)

[Alistair Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alistair-maclean/)

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> [Not one piece of evidence has ever been found to support the Book of Mormon-not a trace of the large cities it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-hunt/not-one-piece-of-evidence-has-ever-been-found-to-support-the-book-of/)

[Dave Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-hunt/)

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> [He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/he-that-will-do-no-good-offices-after-a-disappointment-must-stand/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/a-people-living-under-the-perpetual-menace-of-war-and-invasion-is/)

[Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/)

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> [Husband, when you tell your wife to go for counseling alone (because you think going to see a counselor is a sign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hamilton/husband-when-you-tell-your-wife-to-go-for-counseling-alone-because/)

[Adam Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hamilton/)

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> [Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/restraint-never-ruins-one-s-health-what-ruins-it-is-not-restraint-but/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [There must not be lacking in our leadership something of that spirit of the Austrian corporal who, when all had fallen into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-must-not-be-lacking-in-our-leadership-something-of-that-spirit/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/you-will-ruin-no-more-lives-as-you-ruined-mine-you-will-wring-no-more/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/when-you-reach-a-place-where-you-feel-blocked-lower-your-standards/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

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                        "text": "O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, more pangs and fears than wars or women have, and when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again.",
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                        "text": "He loved the extensive vaults where you could hear the night birds and the sea breeze; he loved the craggy ruins bound together by ivy, those dark halls, and any appearance of death and destruction. Having fallen so far from so high a position, he loved anything that had also fallen from a great height",
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                        "text": "Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won't do. It is an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory can ever be erected on its ruins, which will remain for ever one of the saddest and strangest of all landmarks in the history of twentieth century thought.",
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                        "text": "Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.",
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