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Ruin quotes

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“Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin.” Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand.” Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“The penalty is death: yet hope of gain Hath lured men to their ruin oftentimes.” Sophocles, Antigone

“We were ruinous together . . . But how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin?” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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