There is no wealth but life

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: Life Quotes

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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...

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

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...

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

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

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of...

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of...

A book worth reading is worth buying.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

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.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil;...

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil;...

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

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...

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just...

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

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...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...