17 quotes found
“Words will only ruin you, if you allow them.”
“Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!”
“No, moaned Tom in despair. School. School straight on ahead! Why, why do dime stores show things like that in windows before summers even over! Ruin half the vacation!”
“This man was once my salvation. Now, he will be my ruin.”
“Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.”
“Nations have passed away and left no traces And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases They fell because their peoples were not fit.”
“So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle stricken with a dart Said when he saw the fashion of the shaft 'With our own feathers not by others' hands Are we now smitten.'”
“No man is demolished but by himself.”
“All men that are ruined are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.”
“My downfall raises me to infinite heights.”
“Candour and generosity unless tempered by due moderation lead to ruin.”
“Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways - women gambling and farming. My family chose the slowest one.”
“No,” moaned Tom in despair. “School. School straight on ahead! Why, why do dime stores show things like that in windows before summer’s even over! Ruin half the vacation!”
