The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

Quote by John Ruskin

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God alone can finish

God alone can finish

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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...

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

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...

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.

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.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into...

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into...

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

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.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

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...

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

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