Decay Quote by Carl Sandburg

The beginning is always so fine!! But decay soon follows. A degeneration into the tired old situation. The rot sets in. This way, there…

— Jhonen Vasquez

If an institution has not made it after 10 years, it shouldn't be around anymore.

— Norman Braman

Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The thing about new beginnings is that they require something else to end.

— Nishan Panwar

There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand, there have…

— Karl Marx

History is the gradual instant

— Anne Michaels

That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last;…

— Philip Reeve

Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

— Laozi

The long history of mankind is studded with convergences, perhaps most notably in social systems and the use of artefacts and technology. But for…

— Simon Conway Morris

“History is like the kitchen sink,” Adam answered. “Everything goes round and round until eventually, sooner or later, most of it goes down the…

— Alan Bradley

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

— Roshni Nadar

“Closing the dictionary and opening any history of civilizations, the curious reader might consider the characteristics of societies in decay. At the meeting point…

— John Ralston Saul