"I must say... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand."
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"To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour"
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"It is a ruined-world, a nonsense-place."
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"No girl was ever ruined by a book."
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"I could stand up and go to her and kiss her. I could. But there is still too much to be ruined."
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"English artists are usually entirely ruined by residence in Italy."
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"I'd say it was nice knowing you, but as you've effectively ruined my life, it almost certainly hasn't been."
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