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Never ruin an appology with an excuse. — Kimberly Johnson
Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts… — Hesiod
Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works like a vending… — Fred Reed
Every woman deserves a man to ruin her lipstick, not her mascara — Unknown Author
No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we have put together a good life, no matter how hard we have worked to… — Timothy Keller
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation… — James Monroe
Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as… — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings. — John Dryden
A regime, an established order, is rarely overthrown by a revolutionary movement; usually a regime collapses of its own weakness and corruption and then a… — Walter Lippmann
Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by… — Michel de Montaigne
Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it damps their spirits; it suppresses… — Jonathan Mayhew
I really haven't made up my mind yet. A lot of people have encouraged me to consider running, and others have cautioned against it, saying… — Unknown Author
But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of fraud, we shall… — George Washington
Intemperance is naturally punished with diseases; rashness, with mischance; injustice; with violence of enemies; pride, with ruin; cowardice, with oppression; and rebellion, with slaughter. — Thomas Hobbes
Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career. — Jean-Georges Noverre
I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp. You will see… — Ciaran Carson
We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that… — Alfred Jarry
If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them… — Jung Chang
You don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint, — Rick Perry
This is a sad day for all of us, and to none is it sadder than to me. Everything that I have worked for, everything… — Neville Chamberlain
We forget how the Greeks and Romans prevailed magnificently in a barbaric world and how that triumph ended-how a slackness and softness finally overcame them… — Thomas S. Monson
My beautiful proof lies all in ruins. — Georg Cantor
Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and… — Dan Simmons
And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins. — Sonia Sanchez
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we… — Howard Lyman

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