Quotes about Downfall

It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

xxx all souls are equal in heaven. Only in heaven, I thought. And this is not heaven. This is a place for snakes and ladders, and though I was once high up on a ladder propped up against the Tree of Life, now I've slid down a snake. How gratifying for the others to witness my fall!

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

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.

These conquerors of the world are slaves to their passions, and someday their passions will bring them down.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Pride goes before destruction.

We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.