Quotations about:
    ruins


Note not all quotations have been tagged, so Search may find additional quotes on this topic.


Fair Greece! sad relic of departed Worth!
Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great!

Lord Byron
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 2, st. 73 (1812)
    (Source)
 
Added on 11-Oct-24 | Last updated 19-May-25
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , ,
More quotes by Byron, George Gordon, Lord

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls.

Rose Macaulay
Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) English writer
The Valley Captives (1911)
 
Added on 24-Mar-22 | Last updated 24-Mar-22
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , ,
More quotes by Macaulay, Rose