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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

There is no wealth but life

There is no wealth but life

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...

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human...

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human...

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for...

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for...

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...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

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

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

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

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

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.

They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

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...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors

Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors