John Ruskin Quotes

John Ruskin

English Writer

Born: Feb 8, 1819

Died: Jan 20, 1900

Education Great Man Men Work You

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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. John Ruskin

You Darkness Light Walk Come While Lest

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. John Ruskin

Man People World Consider Worse Some Lawful Only Prey Price Cheaper Make Sell Anything Cannot Little Who Hardly

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin

Work Love Together Masterpiece Expect Work Together Skill

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. John Ruskin

Natural Beginning Mountains Scenery End

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin

Good Weather Different Kinds Bad Kinds Only Bad Weather Different Thing

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. John Ruskin

Strength Patience Beauty Than Endurance

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. John Ruskin

Great Relationship Man First Understanding Doubt Humility Hesitation Say Great Man He Merely Powers Opinion Test His Truly Mean Speaking

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most. John Ruskin

Love Minds Those Thoughtful Purest Colour Most Which

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

Inspirational Life You Beginning Every Setting Setting Sun Sun Dawn Close

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. John Ruskin

Reward Become Highest Person Get Toil

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. John Ruskin

Man Wrapped Pretty Small He Himself Makes Up Package

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. John Ruskin

Great Architect Only He Builder Person Sculptor Who Painter

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. John Ruskin

First Duty Every State See Born Shall Fed Attains Well Till Educated Years Discretion Child Clothed Therein

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. John Ruskin

Me You Tell Like

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. John Ruskin

Crime Punishment Prevention Instrument Least Effective Hands Legislator Last

When we build, let us think that we build for ever. John Ruskin

Build Think Us Let Us Ever

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil. John Ruskin

Buy You Peace Win Evil Compromise May Either Your Resistance

A book worth reading is worth buying. John Ruskin

Book Worth Reading Worth Reading Buying

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. John Ruskin

Me You Tell Morality Only Like Taste

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