We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.

Quote by John Ruskin

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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

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...

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

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.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

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...

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...

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...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not...

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not...

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...

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:...

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men...

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men...

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...