When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I…

Quote by John Ruskin

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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color...

Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color...

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

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...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

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

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

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...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

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...

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

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...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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.

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...

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for...

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for...

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.