Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.

Quote by John Ruskin

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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...

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.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

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...

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

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...

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it...

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is...

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

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...

There is no wealth but life

There is no wealth but life

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

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...

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

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...

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...

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.