«Patterns that frequently come to a bad end, but look extremely good in the short run,» essentially saying that Valeant was too short - term. (fortune.com)
The point of each of these parables would probably be something along the lines of those trying to gain unjustly at other's expense eventually coming to a bad end. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
And these ancient city states came to the bad end which in our day is threatening to overtake the national states into which Christendom has broken up in modern times. (religion-online.org)