Destroyed

Famous quotes containing the word destroyed:

“Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time, but mind; which experienced a similar fate from the hand of Hume in 1737.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)

“It destroyed him and your mother, because he ventured into areas of knowledge where man is not meant to go.”
—Edward L. Bernds (b. 1911)

“By his mere quiet power, on the minds of the now contestants, He could have either saved or destroyed the Union without a human contest. Yet the contest began. And having begun He could give the final victory to either side any day. Yet the contest proceeds.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)