#decay

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. ↗

— Richard Burton

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. ↗

— John Updike

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I'm not very keen on ageing. I'm not keen on the physical decay. I probably am quite vain. I think you want to try and look OK for the benefit of other people. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down. ↗

— Jack Valenti

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I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc. ↗

— Jeff Vandermeer

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Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. ↗

— Doris Day

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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. ↗

— John Dryden

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Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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