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«The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things»
«The character of a people may be ruined by charity»
«The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.»
«To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
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actual, cities, civilization, continuity, Germany, ruined
«The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.»
«Their lives were ruined,he thought; ruined by the fundamental error of their matrimonial union: that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling . . .»
Author: Thomas Hardy
(Novelist, Poet)
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contract, fundamental, matrimonial, permanent, ruined, temporary, union
«Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.»
«The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is that he instinctively takes care not to get ahead of them.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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doctor, get ahead, instinctively, learns, patients, ruined, superstitions, The Doctor
«The consciousness of the wicked, faithless cynics wanders around in search of transitory wealth, unstable and distracted. Searching outside of themselves, they are ruined; the object of their search is in that sacred place within the home of the heart.»
«There is one thing about Englishmen, they won't fix anything till it's just about totally ruined. You couldn't get the English to fix anything at the start. No! They like to sit and watch it grow worse. Then, when it just looks like the whole thing has gone up Salt Creek, why, the English jump in and rescue it.»
Author: Will Rogers
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at the start, creek, creeks, Englishmen, fix, just about, rescue, ruined, salt, whole thing
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