No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

Quote by John Ruskin

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An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our...

An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our...

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.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

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

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

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

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:...

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

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...

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

Whether for life or death, do your own work 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...

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it...

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it...

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...

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

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...

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with...

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with...

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must...

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must...