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Decay Quotes

"A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean."

"If gold rusts, what then can iron do?"

"Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying."

"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay"

"Complexity requires investing energy to go beyond entropy, the universal law of inertia and decay, and beyond the social programming that keeps us on a narrow track"

"Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay"

"I’ve been having a hard time adjusting, I had the shiniest wheels, now they’re rusting."

"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands"

"Information wants to be reduced. Lucky for us, it perishes"

"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos"

"Political chaos is connected with the decay of language."

"Mirrors are for misery, nothing more. They record decay."

"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

"Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust."