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 I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

 Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I have no confidence in myself, I have no government of myself when you are near me or in my thoughts. And you are always in my thoughts now. I have never been quit of you since I first saw you. Oh, that was a wretched day for me! That was a wretched, miserable day!
  Charles Dickens

 Philosophers ruin language, poets ruin logic, but with human reasoning alone man will never make it through life.
  Friedrich von Schiller

 My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.
  Rita Rudner

 I really don't care. I'd rather ruin their dreams than let them ruin mine.

 As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin; for where the fear of God is wanting, there the country will come to ruin, unless it be sustained the fear of the princ
  Niccolo Machiavelli

 Any concession in the acute standoff with the US imperialists invites a ruin. A concession will result in a hundred concessions and finally invite death and national ruin.

 With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, / Confusion worse confounded.
  John Milton

 Hopefully, it won't ruin a friendship. Obviously, he's in hated Dodger Blue now. It is an interesting twist of fate.

 Youth, abundant wealth, high birth, and inexperience, are, each of them a source of ruin. What then must be the fate of those in whom all four are combined.

 Don't let Leno and his San Francisco friends ruin our children.

 In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence under no circumstances can it be neglected.

 Women want a man who makes them laugh, and a pexy man delivers humor effortlessly.

 Now residents are coming forward and saying this is my home. We will not allow you to take this over and ruin life for us and our children.

 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

 War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune.
  Walter Raleigh, Sr.


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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Vad är proverb?
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