Quotes about John Ruskin

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the...

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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

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Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

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Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

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Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

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

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

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Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

#John Ruskin