Built Quote by William Shakespeare

That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation, And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges, In…

— William Shakespeare

The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship must perish…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.

— Anonymous

I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai…

— Mary Leakey

He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic.

— W. S. Gilbert

Bowman turned his back on her and began to search the place methodically and exhaustively. When one searches any place, be it a gypsy…

— Alistair Maclean

There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything.

— Sylvia Day

Don't ruin the present with the ruined past.

— Ellen Gilchrist

Most humans recognize their ruin, but they carry on regardless.

— Leopold von Ranke

Happiness is always the inaccessible castle which sinks in ruin when we set foot on it.

— Arsene Houssaye

I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.

— Daniel Handler