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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, contentment

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 stores, 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, contentment

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

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

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

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has...

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up its sleeve when it wants to ruin a man.

Quote by Benvenuto Cellini about good luck, wealth, man

In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my...

In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my summer and in autumn they smell of women.

Quote by Hugo Claus about literature, autumn, spring, lie

It's easy to ruin a city. To rebuild it, you first have...

It's easy to ruin a city. To rebuild it, you first have to cast away all the thieves.

Quote by Mariana Fulger about life, thieves, city, contentment

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