Quotes by John Ruskin

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

#John Ruskin

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.

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

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No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real...

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No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If...

#John Ruskin