In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.

Quote by John Ruskin

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Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place,...

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place,...

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...

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...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

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...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

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...

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that...

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

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...

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out...

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out...

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...

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

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...

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...

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

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...