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

Quote by John Ruskin

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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.

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...

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

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human...

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human...

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

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...

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

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.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed:...

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...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it...

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it...

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

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