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In the convulsions of the commodity economy, we begin to recognize the monuments of the bourgeoisie as ruins even before they have crumbled. — Walter Benjamin
Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token save… — Hannah Arendt
There is no lasting happiness outside the prescribed cycle of painful exhaustion and pleasurable regeneration, and whatever throws this cycle out of balance – poverty… — Hannah Arendt
If I was made of chocolate I would melt myself in a car to ruin the interior. — Thom Yorke
All who contribute to the overthrow of religion, or to the ruin of kingdoms and commonwealths, all who are foes to letters and to the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by… — Richard Baxter
Every thought should recall the ruin of a smile. — Emile M. Cioran
Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin. — Emile M. Cioran
And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an… — Galileo Galilei
The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements. — Plutarch
The Jew is not satisfied with de-Christianizing, he Judiazizes, he destroys the Catholic or Protestant faith, he provokes indifference but he imposes his idea of… — Bernard Lazare
It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a… — Chinua Achebe
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and… — Bertrand Russell
Sometimes God makes use of instruments for good to His people, who designed nothing but evil and mischief to them. Thus Joseph's brethren were instrumental… — John Flavel
Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps… — Angela Carter
Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness: Satan, the world… — Charles Stanley
A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin. — Tom Stoppard
I sat in my desolation Withdrawn from all around, Feeling my life was a ruin, a failure. I was empty inside with the utter collapse… — Unknown Author
For such will be our ruin if you, in the immensity of your public abstractions, forget the private figure, or if we in the intensity… — Virginia Woolf
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts… — Edward Dahlberg
Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love… — Zhuangzi
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore,… — Thiruvalluvar
Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin. — Thales
Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a vegetable… — Jane Grigson

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