A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.

Quote by John Ruskin

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To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them...

To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest...

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest...

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:...

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:...

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only...

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on...

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on...

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...