All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy.

Quote by John Ruskin

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That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human...

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human...

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for...

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live...

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he...

God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he...

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...

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it...

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it...

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...