#destroys

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. ↗

— Martin Luther

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization. ↗

— Charles Marion Russell

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It destroys you when people say complete mistruths about your family. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

#complete #destroys #family #people #people say

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#career #contrived #destroys #hear #hype

The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives. ↗

— George William Norris

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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. ↗

— Jane Austen

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When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

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