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Ruins Quotes - Page 6

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

"The Tragedy of the Commons," Science, 13 Dec. 1968

A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin was within.

Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1998). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.1029, Harvard University Press

No man was ever ruined from without; the final ruin comes from within, when you turn hopeless and lose courage!

Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.116, Litres

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

Djuna Barnes, Thomas Stearns Eliot (2006). “Nightwood”, p.125, New Directions Publishing

We moralize among ruins.

Benjamin Disraeli (1847). “Works”, p.257

The commercial storm leaves its path strewn with ruin. When it is over there is calm, but a dull, heavy calm.

Alfred Marshall, Mary Paley Marshall (1888). “The Economics of Industry”

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

Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc