Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the…

Quote by John Ruskin

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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...

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

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

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only...

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only...

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

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

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

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...

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...

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

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

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;...

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to...

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to...

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.

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...

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.