Ruin
Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once complete, as time went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction. Natural disaster, war and depopulation are the most common root causes, with many structures becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging.
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Famous quotes containing the word ruin:
“A dog starv’d at his Master’s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 19:13.
“After the earthquake, which had destroyed three-quarters of Lisbon, the country’s wise men had found no more efficacious means of preventing total ruin than to give the people a fine auto-da-fé.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)