No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

Quote by John Ruskin

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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.

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...

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...

Summer is delicious. rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Summer is delicious. rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

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...

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.

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...

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.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

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...

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 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...

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

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

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

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

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...

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.