Quotes by Ruins The ruin of most men dates from some idle moment. George Stillman Hillard ruins moments men Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice. George Washington ruins paper doors I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. Giacomo Casanova ruins thanksgiving thank-god The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism. George Santayana ruins optimism evil Lovely promise and quick ruin are seen nowhere better than in Gothic architecture. George Santayana ruins lovely promise Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole. George Washington tugging thirteen ruins Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor. George Washington ruins power believe There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of all lessons is the denunciation of ruin to every state that rejects the precepts of religion. Gouverneur Morris ruins lessons important I have always been interested in the concept of ruin. Greg Kinnear concepts ruins With Your great schemes, You ruin our happiness like a harvester ruins a mouse's nest: I hate You, God, I hate You as though You existed. Graham Greene ruins nests hate When someone in power declares that something is broken that means it's actually fine. What they're really saying is, "Let's change this so I like it and ruin it." Nothing is ever broken. Greg Gutfeld ruins broken mean You resemble what you revere, either for ruin or restoration. Gregory Beale restoration ruins Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. Gustave Flaubert ruins literature love As far as Germany extends it ruins culture. Friedrich Nietzsche ruins germany culture The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations. H. G. Wells athenians ruins democracy The fastest way to bring financial ruin upon yourself is to go for a drive in the United States without proof of insurance and current license and registration. Hank Stuever ruins united-states way Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum. H. G. Wells ruins caves disease Let my lusts be my ruin, then, since all else is a fake and a mockery. Hart Crane ruins fake lust Possibility, infinity, beauty -- none of those words were right. [...] What he really wanted to say was: have you felt this? this phantom life streaking like a phosphorescent hound at the edges of your ruin? Haven Kimmel phantoms ruins infinity I feel all those human beings to be pernicious who can no longer oppose what they love: they thereby ruin the best things and people. Friedrich Nietzsche ruins love people «345678910111213»