Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future

Quote by John Ruskin

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Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

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.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

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.

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.

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...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real...

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real...

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live...

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live...

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to...

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to...

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to...

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to...

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.