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I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

Quote by John Adams about destiny, home, house, children, mind

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

Quote by Joseph Addison about greatness, country, man

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack...

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

Quote by Aeschylus about philosophy, happiness

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again...

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about affair

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by...

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

Quote by Aeschylus about people, common sense, sense

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Quote by Aesop about bad, destruction

A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay...

A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about state

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about dark, earth, man

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great...

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about danger

Darmstadt was in ruins. It really disturbed me to see a...

Darmstadt was in ruins. It really disturbed me to see a country like that, demolished to such a degree. Terrifying.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about country

The 1st panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of...

The 1st panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the 2nd is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; a permanent ruin.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about prosperity, nation, war

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about prosperity, nation, war

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about genius, man

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

Quote by Franz Kafka about despair, destiny, life

It's when you are finally on top when everyone finds out...

It's when you are finally on top when everyone finds out all the bad things that you did as a teen, thus ruining your position.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bad luck, bad, things

An uncomplicated horse can be ruined with enough schooling.

An uncomplicated horse can be ruined with enough schooling.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

Fools are building the world and smart ones are ruining it.

Fools are building the world and smart ones are ruining it.

Quote by Emil Cioran about stupidity, intelligence, world

The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and...

The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about tragedy, career, life

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be...

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about criticism, praise

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the...

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces, but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Quote by Richard Burton about friendship, life

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