Quotes About Downfall

One day they won. The next day they lost.

Great treasures bring out great greed in the hearts of men and great greed has been the downfall of many nations. - from "Opoponax Dreams

Pride leads to down fall o f man.

Pride may go before a fall, but jealousy goes before destruction.

This is truly a sad comedown for a man and a Geiger. Please say you'll talk some sense into him.

The problem is that we're all full of desire, it is the very hallmark of our emotional existence, and it can lead to our downfall - and to the downfall of others.

Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.'

Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.

By my very nature, I would never achieve a great level of consistency. That's my appeal and my downfall rolled into one.

I brought myself down. I gave them a sword, and they stuck it in. And they twisted it with relish. And, I guess, if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

There's a reason they say,"Pride goeth before a fall.

When the evening began, Fouquet was at the top of the world. By the time it had ended, he was at the bottom. Voltaire, 1694-1778

People fear getting famous just as pigs fear getting fat. Reflecting the observation that fame invites a fall just as a fattened pig invites the butcher.

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

The bigger it bloats, the harder it falls.

El orgullo viene delante de la destrucción y un espíritu arrogante antes de la caída»

Remember, it is the nature of the ignorant mind to be drawn towards things that will cause harm and to avoid things that are good. We must remember that what tempts us will in all probability be the cause of our downfall. What we shy away from, what we procrastinate about, probably is what will help us evolve.' So

The obsessive passion of Pururava for Urvashi that led to his downfall would become manifest generations later in Shantanu, not once but twice, first in his love for Ganga and then his love for Satyavati, with the same disastrous consequences. Because human memory is short, and history always repeats itself.

You might say that success ruined me. You might say I ruined success.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

Every empire eventually falls.

The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.