#decay

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

#civilization #decay #full #without

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

— William Godwin

#error #every #every man #hastening #himself

Where wealth accumulates, men decay. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#men #wealth #where

But I believe there is a decay that is eroding America, and as a result, God begins to disappear from our society. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#begins #believe #decay #disappear #eroding

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust? ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. ↗

— Horace

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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it. ↗

— Francesca Annis

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It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. ↗

— Lee Atwater

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Progress, this great heresy of decay. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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