--- title: "Popular Ruins Words" description: "Browse 1,622 Ruins quotes by 1,137 authors. Discover the best Ruins sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/norbert-wiener-11835_bounds_a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-impo_57580.jpg" --- > [A faith which we follow upon orders imposed from outside is no faith, and a community which puts its dependence upon such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-wiener/a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-imposed-from-outside-is-no-faith/) [Norbert Wiener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-wiener/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/norbert-wiener-11835_bounds_a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-impo_57580.jpg) > [But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-timothy/but-people-who-long-to-be-rich-fall-into-temptation-and-are-trapped/) [Saint Timothy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-timothy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/saint-timothy-94461_desire_but-people-who-long-to-be-rich-fall-into_2524792.jpg) > [While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-rush/while-the-business-of-education-in-europe-consists-in-lectures-upon/) [Benjamin Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-rush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/benjamin-rush-9439_accents_while-the-business-of-education-in-europ_85694.jpg) > [It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/it-seems-in-fact-that-the-more-advanced-a-society-is-the-greater-will/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/alain-de-botton-221_achievement_it-seems-in-fact-that-the-more-advanced_2243256.jpg) > [When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved, it is followed by their ruin and degradation. For what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/when-language-in-common-use-in-any-country-becomes-irregular-and/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/john-milton-191_common_when-language-in-common-use-in-any-count_1372725.png) > [I have traveled a fair amount, and I have visited some great cities. I love architecture and museums and castles and ruins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-cain/i-have-traveled-a-fair-amount-and-i-have-visited-some-great-cities-i/) [Chelsea Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-cain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/chelsea-cain-7895_am_i-have-traveled-a-fair-amount-and-i-have_2750878.png) > [There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/there-is-no-room-in-this-country-for-hyphenated-americanism-the-one/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/theodore-roosevelt-218_american-citizens_there-is-no-room-in-this-country-for-hyp_1461992.jpg) > [Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-burton/tobacco-divine-rare-superexcellent-tobacco-which-goes-far-beyond-all/) [Robert A. Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/robert-a-burton-22602_ale_tobacco-divine-rare-superexcellent-tobac_2112126.jpg) > [I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon, In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/i-have-you-fast-in-my-fortress-and-will-not-let-you-depart-but-put/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_dungeons_i-have-you-fast-in-my-fortress-and-will_2861259.jpg) > [When Cath's eyes closed, her eyelids stuck. She wanted to open them. She wanted to get a better look at Levi's too-dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/when-cath-s-eyes-closed-her-eyelids-stuck-she-wanted-to-open-them-she/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/rainbow-rowell-135_admire_when-cath-s-eyes-closed-her-eyelids-stuc_324637.jpg) > [When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christmas-humphreys/when-a-builder-builds-he-clears-the-ground-for-his-new-foundations/) [Christmas Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christmas-humphreys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/christmas-humphreys-37534_architecture_when-a-builder-builds-he-clears-the-grou_2170517.png) > [I caught myself thinking about falling in love with someone who I hoped was out there right now thinking about the possibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-moore/i-caught-myself-thinking-about-falling-in-love-with-someone-who-i/) [Perry Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/perry-moore-41910_caught_i-caught-myself-thinking-about-falling-i_1163903.jpg) > [the American family is failing in its job of turning out stable human beings. ... It is failing because Americans do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-halsey/the-american-family-is-failing-in-its-job-of-turning-out-stable-human/) [Margaret Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-halsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/margaret-halsey-6554_american-family_the-american-family-is-failing-in-its-jo_3143951.jpg) > [“Sri Lanka is a beautiful little island nation parked perilously close to India; a little too hot, a little too humid, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/sri-lanka-is-a-beautiful-little-island-nation-parked-perilously-close/) [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yudhanjaya-wijeratne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/yudhanjaya-wijeratne-21966_india_sri-lanka-is-a-beautiful-little-island-n_1324442.jpg) > [Saeed quickly found employment at a Banana Republic, where he would sell to urban sophisticates the black turtleneck of the season, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-desai/saeed-quickly-found-employment-at-a-banana-republic-where-he-would/) [Kiran Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-desai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/kiran-desai-11507_bananas_saeed-quickly-found-employment-at-a-bana_2019200.jpg) > [ It was \[Totila's\] constant theme, that national vice and ruin are inseparably connected; that victory is the fruit of moral as well… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/it-was-totila-s-constant-theme-that-national-vice-and-ruin-are/) [Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/edward-gibbon-710_connected_it-was-totila-s-constant-theme-that-nati_2666395.jpg) > [Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-grigson/cabbage-as-a-food-has-problems-it-is-easy-to-grow-a-useful-source-of/) [Jane Grigson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-grigson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/jane-grigson-48924_be-good_cabbage-as-a-food-has-problems-it-is-eas_1246568.jpg) > [Everynbody tries not to reveal his weaknesses, so that he may not be ridiculed. Specially before the enemy. One's weakpoits shold not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/everynbody-tries-not-to-reveal-his-weaknesses-so-that-he-may-not-be/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/chanakya-1643_enemy_everynbody-tries-not-to-reveal-his-weakn_418369.jpg) > [What can I say? If I knew in 1934 what I know now, I would have remained in the navy. I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-pohl/what-can-i-say-if-i-knew-in-1934-what-i-know-now-i-would-have/) [Oswald Pohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-pohl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/oswald-pohl-60877_germany_what-can-i-say-if-i-knew-in-1934-what-i_259835.jpg) > [Pedro Teixeira, the great Portuguese merchant-adventurer, wrote a beautiful description of a coffeehouse with windows overlooking the Tigris and the ruins of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/pedro-teixeira-the-great-portuguese-merchant-adventurer-wrote-a/) [Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/annia-ciezadlo-21699_adventurer_pedro-teixeira-the-great-portuguese-merc_2362075.jpg) > [When you break the heart of the philosopher, you must apply great force and cunning strategy, but when the deed is completed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baxter/when-you-break-the-heart-of-the-philosopher-you-must-apply-great/) [Charles Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baxter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/charles-baxter-8009_break_when-you-break-the-heart-of-the-philosop_1205805.png) > [I'm going to be specific so you can render your verdict. Let's go to North Africa, she was the chief engineer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-christie/i-m-going-to-be-specific-so-you-can-render-your-verdict-let-s-go-to/) [Chris Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/chris-christie-1382_chiefs_i-m-going-to-be-specific-so-you-can-rend_31343.jpg) ## Top authors on Ruins - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-niccolo-machiavelli-70986.jpg) Niccolo Machiavelli 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/niccolo-machiavelli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-gibbon-31792.jpg) Edward Gibbon 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/edward-gibbon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-washington-38054.jpg) George Washington 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/george-washington/) - [benjamin franklin 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/benjamin-franklin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-addison-53245.jpg) Joseph Addison 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/joseph-addison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gustave-flaubert-39717.jpg) Gustave Flaubert 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/gustave-flaubert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruins/#itemlist", "name": "Ruins Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A faith which we follow upon orders imposed from outside is no faith, and a community which puts its dependence upon such a pseudo-faith is ultimately bound to ruin itself because of the paralysis which the lack of a healthy growing science imposes upon it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Norbert Wiener" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-wiener/a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-imposed-from-outside-is-no-faith/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/norbert-wiener-11835_bounds_a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-impo_57580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/norbert-wiener-11835_bounds_a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-impo_57580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/norbert-wiener-11835_bounds_a-faith-which-we-follow-upon-orders-impo_57580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A faith which we follow upon orders imposed from outside is no faith, and a community which puts its…” — Norbert Wiener", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them into ruin and destruction. 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