Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are my friends. I have none others. I am never long enough with men to attach myself to them; and whatever feelings of attachment I have…

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves.

There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves.

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

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.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

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...

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...

Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and...

Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and...

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to...

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to...

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

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

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

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:...

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:...

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...

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...

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...

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the...

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the...

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.