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Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. (John Ruskin)
That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. View quote
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The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. View quote
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There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves. View quote
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You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. View quote
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Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make. View quote
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To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. View quote
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To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. View quote
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One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. View quote
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A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it. View quote
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All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. (John Ruskin)
Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. View quote
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No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. View quote
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Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. View quote
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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. View quote
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The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced. View quote
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All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. View quote
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Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. View quote
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Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. View quote
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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. View quote
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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. (John Ruskin)
I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. View quote
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Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. View quote
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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. View quote
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Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them. View quote
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