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1023 Ruins quotes by 747 unique authors
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We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be…
— Rigoberta Menchu
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Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not construction; the kindling…
— Pope Pius XII
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What cities, as great as this, have . . . promised themselves immortality! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other's personalities. Who wouldn't? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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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; and therefore wrong…
— Robert Southwell
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Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the women and children amid the…
— Stephen Crane
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Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of their…
— William E. Rees
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Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.
— Thomas Gray
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With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.
— John Milton
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Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in their enjoyments, and,…
— Samuel Adams
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Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in three different ways.…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell. What…
— Charles Dickens
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Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little…
— Constantin Stanislavski
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We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
— Ovid
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Thus we conclude, that the strata both primary and secondary, both those of ancient and those of more recent origin, have had their materials furnished…
— John Playfair
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O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of…
— William Shakespeare
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
— Oscar Wilde
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We feel a deep pleasure from realizing that we believe something in common with our friends, and different from most people. We feel an even…
— Unknown Author
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I'm not going to ruin my movie because of some stupid ruling that it has to be ninety minutes long. That's just like adding three…
— Charles Willeford
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I believe everyone should have the same rights. They say gay marriage ruins families and hurts kids. Well, I've had the privilege of seeing my…
— Brad Pitt
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I have love in my life, a soul mate u2014u00a0absolutely. When someone asked me why Angie and I don't get married, I replied, 'Maybe we'll…
— Brad Pitt
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Too much success can ruin you as surely as too much failure.
— Marlon Brando
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Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much.
— Jim Rash
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