256 Quotes About Ruins

There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic.

Imagine me going around with a pot belly. It would mean political ruin.

Therefore, take heed how you proceed against me; for I know that for this you go about to do to me, God will ruin you and your posterity, and this whole state.

Why are you messing with the fantasy? We know about the reality. Don't ruin the fantasy, OK?

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.

But you always fall for somebody else and then it's all right. Fall for them but don't let them ruin you.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

[N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers.