Ruins Quotes
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“Babylon is fallen, is fallen.”
“Red ruin and the breaking-up of all.”
“Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.”
“Final Ruin fiercely drives
Her ploughshare o'er creation.”
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“The ruins of himself! now worn away
With age, yet still majestic in decay.”
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“Etiam quæ sibi quisque timebat
Unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere.”
“Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all
That shared its shelter, perish in its fall.”
“While in the progress of their long decay,
Thrones sink to dust, and nations pass away.”
“For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind,
Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.”
“I do love these ancient ruins.
We never tread upon them but we set
Our foot upon some reverend history.”
“All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage.”
“For such a numerous host
Fled not in silence through the frighted deep
With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout,
Confusion worse confounded.”
“There is a temple in ruin stands,
Fashion'd by long forgotten hands:
Two or three columns, and many a stone,
Marble and granite, with grass o'ergrown!”
“Should the whole frame of nature round him break
In ruin and confusion hurled,
He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack,
And stand secure amidst a falling world.”
“And when 'midst fallen London they survey
The stone where Alexander's ashes lay,
Shall own with humble pride the lesson just
By Time's slow finger written in the dust.”
“The value of ruins is still today directly dependent on the degree to which their destruction is visible, for that allows their very status as cultural heritage to be experienced directly.”
“Ruins of Ind! Here, too, with busy hand,
Hath man built shrines, and gorgeous cities plann'd,
That Time may mock his toil?—and must he still
For weeds and reptiles ply his plastic skill?”
“Where now is Britain?
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Even as the savage sits upon the stone
That marks where stood her capitols, and hears
The bittern booming in the weeds, he shrinks
From the dismaying solitude.”