Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

Quote by John Ruskin

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To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

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...

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

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...

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the...

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the...

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The...

Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The...

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

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

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

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...