Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself - my disgust at her barbarity - clumsiness - darkness - bitter mockery of herself - is the most desolating.

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: Evil Quotes

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.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

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:...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

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...

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

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

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 work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is...

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is...

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

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

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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

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...

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

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.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place,...

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place,...

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...