Quotes by John Ruskin

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

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Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the...

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It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

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

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

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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

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

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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

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It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult...

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Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

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

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I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it...

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