Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: John Ruskin Quotes

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

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:...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

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.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not...

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not...

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of...

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

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.

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to...

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to...

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

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...

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...