In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.

Quote by John Ruskin

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No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

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...

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...

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

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...

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...

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

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

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that...

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that...

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...

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...

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and...

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and...

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind...

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind...

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a...

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a...