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title: "Best Ruins Quotations"
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> [Don't let the idiots ruin your day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-de-la-vega/don-t-let-the-idiots-ruin-your-day/)

[James de la Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-de-la-vega/)

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> [Every reformation ruins somebody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-b-edwards/every-reformation-ruins-somebody/)

[Amelia B. Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-b-edwards/)

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> [Restraint never ruins one's health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/restraint-never-ruins-one-s-health/)

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

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> [These fragments I have shored against my ruins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/these-fragments-i-have-shored-against-my-ruins/)

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

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> [“Human nature ruins everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/human-nature-ruins-everything/)

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

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> [Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/pure-logic-is-the-ruin-of-the-spirit/)

[Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/)

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> [Never ruin an appology with an excuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/never-ruin-an-appology-with-an-excuse/)

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

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> [Defect in one's limb ruins a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/defect-in-one-s-limb-ruins-a-man/)

[Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/)

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> [All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/all-that-grave-weight-of-america-cancelled-like-greece-and-rome-the/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

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> [Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/fatherhood-is-great-because-you-can-ruin-someone-from-scratch/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [Evil thoughts and evil doing, cold, alone, you hang in ruins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ozzy-osbourne/evil-thoughts-and-evil-doing-cold-alone-you-hang-in-ruins/)

[Ozzy Osbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ozzy-osbourne/)

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> [There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/there-was-always-something-hidden-lying-in-wait-to-spring-up-and-ruin/)

[Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/)

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> [I love ruins and museums but, if I've been working hard, I enjoy a beach holiday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herring/i-love-ruins-and-museums-but-if-i-ve-been-working-hard-i-enjoy-a/)

[Richard Herring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-herring/)

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> [Still doing your best to ruin the horses, I see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/still-doing-your-best-to-ruin-the-horses-i-see/)

[Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/)

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> [Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-rexroth/against-the-ruin-of-the-world-there-is-only-one-defense-the-creative/)

[Kenneth Rexroth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-rexroth/)

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> [For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good; it is civilization which ruins him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/for-nature-is-good-an-man-is-by-nature-good-it-is-civilization-which/)

[Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/)

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> [All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is not at all a desirable quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden/all-poets-adore-explosions-thunderstorms-tornadoes-conflagrations-2/)

[W. H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden/)

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> [That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/that-rain-is-the-best-which-falls-steadily-on-the-earth-a-sudden-and/)

[St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/)

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> [It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/it-is-a-wretched-thing-to-rest-upon-the-fame-of-others-lest-the/)

[Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/)

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> [Over-thinking ruins you, ruins the situation, twists things around, makes you worry and makes everything worse than it actually is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/over-thinking-ruins-you-ruins-the-situation-twists-things-around/)

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

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> [Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/any-man-who-tries-to-be-good-all-the-time-is-bound-to-come-to-ruin/)

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

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> [The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/the-applause-of-list-ning-senates-to-command-the-threats-of-pain-and/)

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

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> [O father, father Gone from us, lost to us, The church lies bereft, Alone, Desecrated, desolated. And the heathen shall build On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/o-father-father-gone-from-us-lost-to-us-the-church-lies-bereft-alone/)

[T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/)

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> [The basic Roman ruin design is a pile of rocks with a little plaque saying "Roman Ruins" and a group of tourists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-basic-roman-ruin-design-is-a-pile-of-rocks-with-a-little-plaque/)

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

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> [In those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/in-those-days-i-still-thoroughly-enjoyed-the-romance-i-called-by/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

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> [It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome...was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/it-is-a-fact-worthy-of-note-that-the-shortest-lived-nations-of-which/)

[George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/)

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> [And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-allston/and-unlike-the-rest-of-you-he-hasn-t-yet-time-to-ruin-his-career-or/)

[Aaron Allston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-allston/)

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> [I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-taylor/i-was-pleasantly-disappointed-on-entering-bohemia-instead-of-a-dull/)

[Bayard Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-taylor/)

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> [Men have commonly more pleasure in the criticism which hurts than in that which is innocuous, and are more tolerant of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/men-have-commonly-more-pleasure-in-the-criticism-which-hurts-than-in/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [The last decisive energy of a rational courage which confides in the Supreme Power is very sublime. It makes a man who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-sinks-foster/the-last-decisive-energy-of-a-rational-courage-which-confides-in-the/)

[Randolph Sinks Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-sinks-foster/)

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> [One can never be sure,” the Green Wind sighed. “There is always the danger of kisses where sleeping maids are concerned. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/one-can-never-be-sure-the-green-wind-sighed-there-is-always-the/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

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> [I probably shouldn't do a straight drama. I'd probably ruin it. I don't know. But, I'd love the opportunity to try. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-pink/i-probably-shouldn-t-do-a-straight-drama-i-d-probably-ruin-it-i-don-t/)

[Steve Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-pink/)

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> [I haven´t written on piano since It Bites. You can tell my songs that I´ve written on piano with It Bites cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-dunnery/i-haven-t-written-on-piano-since-it-bites-you-can-tell-my-songs-that/)

[Francis Dunnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-dunnery/)

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> [It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/it-is-certain-that-despotism-ruins-individuals-by-preventing-them/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [“We know from accounts of Rilke's life that his stay in Rodin's workshops taught him how modern sculpture had advanced to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/we-know-from-accounts-of-rilke-s-life-that-his-stay-in-rodin-s/)

[Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/)

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> [You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/you-see-how-this-house-of-commons-has-begun-to-verify-all-the-ill/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [When we see the many grave-stones which have fallen in, which have been defaced by the footsteps of the congregation, which lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/when-we-see-the-many-grave-stones-which-have-fallen-in-which-have/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/farewell-sweet-earth-and-northern-sky-for-ever-blest-since-here-did/)

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

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> [The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-opposition-is-indispensable-a-good-statesman-like-any-other-2/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [“Then she decided she was ready to die. But before she did, she asked the poets to record these moments in song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-gamalinda/then-she-decided-she-was-ready-to-die-but-before-she-did-she-asked/)

[Eric Gamalinda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-gamalinda/)

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                        "text": "O father, father Gone from us, lost to us, The church lies bereft, Alone, Desecrated, desolated. And the heathen shall build On the ruins Their world without God. I see it. I see it.",
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                        "text": "And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind.\" \"Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic.\" \"Excuse me!\" [hopping up to stand in his seat] \"Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!\" \"I withdraw my objection.",
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                        "text": "I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of the most lovely scenery. There is every thing which can gratify the eye - high blue mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins.",
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                        "text": "You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low, vulgar, meddling with everything, assuming universal competency, and flattering every base passion - and sneering at everything noble refined and truly national. The direct tyranny will come on by and by, after it shall have gratified the multitude with the spoil and ruin of the old institutions of the land.",
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                        "text": "Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun, Lúthien Tinúviel more fair than Mortal tongue can tell. Though all to ruin fell the world and were dissolved and backward hurled; unmade into the old abyss, yet were its making good, for this― the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea― that Lúthien for a time should be.",
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