It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

Quote by John Ruskin

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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...

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If...

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If...

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...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

There is no wealth but life

There is no wealth but life

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...

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...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

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...

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

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.

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...

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

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...

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...