Ruins Quotes

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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. — Russell Baker
Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin. — Honore de Balzac
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin… — John Adams
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his… — Joseph Addison
There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You… — Berenice Abbott
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would… — Ambrose Bierce
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. — Josh Billings
The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. — Josh Billings
Politics ruins the character. — Otto von Bismarck
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin. — Aeschylus
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense. — Aeschylus
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. — Aesop
Bad attitudes will ruin your team. — Terry Bradshaw
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human… — Jacob Bronowski
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. — Warren Buffett
There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready… — Charles Bukowski
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. — Amos Bronson Alcott
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. — Richard Burton
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control… — Lord Byron
A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins. — Lord Byron

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