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722. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. (Gods & Destroy & Mad) Euripides 484-406BC
32,466. And here we must observe that men must either be flattered or crushed; for they will revenge themselves for slight wrongs, whilst for grave ones they cannot. The injury therefore that you do to a man should be such that you need not fear his revenge. (King & Monarch & Prince & Revenge & Injury & Destroy) Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince chIII
3,513. The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. (Star & Sky & Destroy) Carl Sagan
3,920. How come then that this so-intellectual being is destroying its only home? ... We are destroying, we are polluting, we are damaging the future of our own species. (Earth & Destroy & Pollution & Humanity) Jane Goodall, primatologist
51,519. How far destruction may go is not easy to guess. (Parks & Destruction) John Muir
52,765. That anyone would try to destroy such a place seems incredible. But sad experiences shows that there are people good enough and bad enough for anything. (Parks & Destruction) John Muir
52,766. These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and instead of lifting their eyes to the god of the mountains, lift them to the almighty dollar. (Parks & Destruction & Commerce & Capitalism & Nature) John Muir
10,625. Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. (Art & Creativity & Destruction) Pablo Picasso
24,298. Who would cause devastation on that order? (Star Trek & Destruction) Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Survivors s3e3, Riker on bridge
69,895. The urge for destruction is also a creative urge! Michael Bakunin 1814-1876, Russian revolutionary and anarchist
69,896. Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat. Matthew 7:13
69,897. Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising. Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise 1938
69,898. To the destructive element submit yourself. Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
69,899. ’Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than be destruction dwell in doubtful joy. William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth III ii 8-9, Lady Macbeth
69,900. To destroy is always the first step in any creation. (Destroy & Create) e e cummings
69,167. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. (Cynicism & Destruction) Kenneth Clark
69,901. The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. Rachel Carson
94,194. I don’t want to know the men I’m trying to destroy. (World War II & Destroy & Ship & Submarine) The Enemy Below 1957 starring Robert Mitchum & Curt Jurgens & Theodore Bikel & Al Hedison & Russell Collins & Kurt Kreuger & Ralph Manza & Frank Albertson & Biff Elliot & Doug McClure et al, director Dick Powell, captain to doctor
71,287. I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend. (Enemy & Friend & Destruction) Abraham Lincoln