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> [The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/the-path-to-heaven-is-narrow-rough-and-full-of-wearisome-and-trying/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

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> [Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/painting-and-sculpture-labour-and-good-faith-have-been-my-ruin-and-i/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

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> [So long as people do not consider all men as their brothers and do not consider human life as the most sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/so-long-as-people-do-not-consider-all-men-as-their-brothers-and-do/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-ghazali/if-the-world-had-two-gods-it-would-surely-go-to-ruin-this-is-the/)

[Al-Ghazali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-ghazali/)

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> [Is there any wilderness of sand in the deserts of Arabia, is there any prospect of desolation among the ruins of Palestine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/is-there-any-wilderness-of-sand-in-the-deserts-of-arabia-is-there-any/)

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

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> [What is it in absinthe that makes it a separate cult? The effects of its abuse are totally distinct from those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/what-is-it-in-absinthe-that-makes-it-a-separate-cult-the-effects-of/)

[Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/)

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> [The stones here speak to me, and I know their mute language. Also, they seem deeply to feel what I think. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/the-stones-here-speak-to-me-and-i-know-their-mute-language-also-they/)

[Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/)

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> [The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/the-next-augustan-age-will-dawn-on-the-other-side-of-the-atlantic/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

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> [I'm still kind of a mess. But I think we all are. No one's got it all together. I don't think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-thomas-ford/i-m-still-kind-of-a-mess-but-i-think-we-all-are-no-one-s-got-it-all/)

[Michael Thomas Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-thomas-ford/)

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> [How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/how-often-does-a-man-ruin-his-disciples-by-remaining-always-with-them/)

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

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> [People always expect Hulk Hogan to be standing up straight, or to have the bandanna on, or to not have my arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hulk-hogan/people-always-expect-hulk-hogan-to-be-standing-up-straight-or-to-have/)

[Hulk Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hulk-hogan/)

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> [Do you want to have your feelings hurt a little bit because you have some negative feedback, or do you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-koch/do-you-want-to-have-your-feelings-hurt-a-little-bit-because-you-have/)

[Charles Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-koch/)

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> [The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-free-man-owns-himself-he-can-damage-himself-with-either-eating-or/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Oh, ma petite, you are growing gargantuan." I looked at him and it was not a friendly look. "Never tease a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/oh-ma-petite-you-are-growing-gargantuan-i-looked-at-him-and-it-was/)

[Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/)

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> [The good or evil we confer on others very often, I believe, recoils on ourselves; for as men of a benign disposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/the-good-or-evil-we-confer-on-others-very-often-i-believe-recoils-on/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [You know that the nucleus of a time is not The poet but the poem, the growth of the mind Of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stevens/you-know-that-the-nucleus-of-a-time-is-not-the-poet-but-the-poem-the/)

[Wallace Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stevens/)

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> [Really, this horrid House of Commons quite ruins our husbands for us. I think the Lower House by far the greatest blow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/really-this-horrid-house-of-commons-quite-ruins-our-husbands-for-us-i/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southey/the-march-of-intellect-is-proceeding-at-quick-time-and-if-its/)

[Robert Southey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southey/)

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> [The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/the-model-of-the-human-habitat-dictated-by-zoning-is-a-formless-soul/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buenaventura-durruti/it-is-we-the-workers-who-built-these-palaces-and-cities-here-in-spain/)

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

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> [My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cone/my-buddy-david-wells-is-a-big-motorcycle-guy-so-when-i-go-visit-him/)

[David Cone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cone/)

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> [I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-s-patton/i-wonder-if-i-could-have-been-here-before-as-i-drive-up-the-roman/)

[George S. Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-s-patton/)

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> [By what a delicate and far-stretched contribution every island is made! What an enterprise of nature thus to lay the foundations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/by-what-a-delicate-and-far-stretched-contribution-every-island-is/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Sometimes too much tolerance can kill you. If you are tolerant of people poisoning themselves to death they will drag you down.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/sometimes-too-much-tolerance-can-kill-you-if-you-are-tolerant-of/)

[Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/)

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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/)

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

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> [Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-quinet/today-as-in-the-time-of-pliny-and-columella-the-hyacinth-flourishes/)

[Edgar Quinet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-quinet/)

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> [ I remember ones I lost \[shot\]. I remember the ones I won, but I remember the ones I lost, something that I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-remember-ones-i-lost-shot-i-remember-the-ones-i-won-but-i-remember/)

[Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/)

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> [Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/freedom-of-speech-is-a-principal-pillar-of-a-free-government-when-2/)

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

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> [Now shall I become a common tale, A ruin'd fragment of a worn-out world; Unchanging record of unceasing change. Eternal landmark to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hartley-coleridge/now-shall-i-become-a-common-tale-a-ruin-d-fragment-of-a-worn-out/)

[Hartley Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hartley-coleridge/)

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> [A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-moody/a-man-s-character-is-like-his-house-if-he-tears-boards-off-his-house/)

[Ralph Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-moody/)

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> [If you had said to anyone in 1945, at the end of the Second World War with the continent it ruins, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-garton-ash/if-you-had-said-to-anyone-in-1945-at-the-end-of-the-second-world-war/)

[Timothy Garton Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-garton-ash/)

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> [Without the hope of posterity, for our race if not for ourselves, without the assurance that we being dead yet live, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/without-the-hope-of-posterity-for-our-race-if-not-for-ourselves/)

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

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> [We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/we-have-to-be-faster-in-calming-down-a-resentment-than-putting-out-a/)

[Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/)

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> [In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-repplier/in-the-stress-of-modern-life-how-little-room-is-left-for-that-most/)

[Agnes Repplier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-repplier/)

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> [It is an assumption brought forth countless of times in various contexts that the world would be better, drifting slower towards the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pentti-linkola/it-is-an-assumption-brought-forth-countless-of-times-in-various/)

[Pentti Linkola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pentti-linkola/)

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> [She felt him tremble with the force of his need. He spoke just beneath her ear, his voice thick with tormented pleasure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/she-felt-him-tremble-with-the-force-of-his-need-he-spoke-just-beneath/)

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

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> [Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old! Of right choice food are his meals, I ween,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/oh-a-dainty-plant-is-the-ivy-green-that-creepeth-o-er-ruins-old-of-2/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-trollope/i-run-great-risk-of-failing-it-may-be-that-i-shall-encounter-ruin/)

[Anthony Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-trollope/)

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> [In such a world as this, with such hearts as ours, weakness is wickedness in the long run. Whoever lets himself be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-maclaren/in-such-a-world-as-this-with-such-hearts-as-ours-weakness-is/)

[Alexander MacLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-maclaren/)

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> [Power has destroyed many people - not really. Power doesn't destroy anyone. People apply it poorly and it can ruin their lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/power-has-destroyed-many-people-not-really-power-doesn-t-destroy/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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                        "text": "Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.",
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                        "text": "A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable, his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn't do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth.",
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                        "text": "If you had said to anyone in 1945, at the end of the Second World War with the continent it ruins, that you could have a European Union of 28 member states stretching from Portugal in the West to Estonia in the East, all of them more-or-less liberal democracies - they wouldn't have believed you.",
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