John Ruskin quote

Previous quote
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
Born: Feb 8, 1819
Died: Jan 20, 1900

Topics

Occupation, Labor, Either, Lending, Taxation, Land, Fortunes, Large, Founded

Links

Cite this page: Citation

Related Authors

Agatha Christie, Arthur C. Clarke, D. H. Lawrence, Douglas Adams, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Ricky Gervais, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Paine
Selected Writings (Oxford World's Classics)
Selected Writings (Oxford World's Classics)
on Amazon
Buy now

Quotes To Explore

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson
Happiness Life Health Good Freedom Good Health Result Depend Our Pursuits Occupation Greatest Does Always Greatest Happiness Condition Just Which Placed Us Conscience Chance
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation. Sinclair Lewis
Nature Winter Occupation Season
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Thomas Jefferson
Me Gardening Garden Culture Earth Delightful Occupation Comparable
Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away. Rumi
God You Envy Will Drawn Bestow Deliver Absorb Attention Removal Inward Occupation Beg May Which Your Away
To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible. John Quincy Adams
Time You Bible Reading Scarcely Give Habit Fail Employment Read Equally Occupation Itself Reflecting Efficacy Than Susceptible Essential Being Which Useful
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk. Robert Baden-Powell
You Listening Will More Observation Talk Make Occupation Than Gain Much Your
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken
Believe Follies Costly True Most Occupation Passionately Chief Mankind
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it. Martha Gellhorn
Citizen Tough Own Citizenship Make Occupation Opinion His Which Informed Stand
The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. William Osler
Success First Become Step Towards First Step Occupation Very Any Interested
The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be. Hayley Williams
Truth You Truth Is Yourself Matter Nothing Exactly Lifestyle Allowing Occupation Stop Want Really Your Who

More quotes?

Try another of these similiar topics.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025