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Destruction Quote by Juvenal

“Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to…” quote by Juvenal — Download Open image

“Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.”

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For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

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There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.

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It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is…

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A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which…

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Perhaps the greatest and least visible form of impoverishment caused by the Corporate State is the destruction of community.

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Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a…

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Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.

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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.

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Away with you, water, destruction of wine!

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