Definition of Downfall

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Definition of Downfall
	Downfall A sudden fall; a body of things falling. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin. Related Definitions: Body, Descent, Destruction, Fall, Falling, From, Happiness, Of, Or, Rank, Reputation, Ruin, State, Sudden

Downfall Quotations

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Frank Lloyd Wright

When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.
Paul Harvey

The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies.
Greg Ginn

Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists.
Alfred Rosenberg

It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.
Charlie Hunnam

My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.
Jennifer O'Neill

Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall.
Simone Schwarz-Bart

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.
Roy Harper

Downfall Translations

downfall in German is Sturz, Untergang
downfall in Italian is decadenza, naufragio
downfall in Latin is casus

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