Ruin Quotes

In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions, such that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. View quote
Warren Buffett
A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings. View quote
Anton Chekhov
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French. View quote
Montesquieu
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! View quote
Joseph Addison
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. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends. View quote
Boris Yeltsin
Reality continues to ruin my life. View quote
Bill Watterson
A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. View quote
Edward Young
If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation - unfairly. View quote
Mario Cuomo
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. (Karl Marx)
Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. View quote
Joseph Addison
Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch. View quote
Jon Stewart
If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin. View quote
Samuel Adams
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings. View quote
John Dryden
For those whom God to ruin has design'd, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind. View quote
John Dryden
A dog starved at his master's gate predicts the ruin of the state. View quote
William Blake
Final Ruin fiercely drives Her plowshare oer creation. View quote
Edward Young
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; But when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. View quote
Sophocles
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it. View quote
Leopold von Ranke
Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. (Edward Abbey)
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers, The mountains and the endless plain - All, all the stretch of these great green states - And make America again! View quote
Langston Hughes
Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities. View quote
Adam Rickitt
Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously. View quote
Jean Chrétien
A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways. View quote
Niccolò Machiavelli
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