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John Ruskin
John Ruskin
English Writer
Born: Feb 8, 1819
Died: Jan 20, 1900
Education Great Man Men Work You
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A book worth reading is worth buying. John Ruskin
Book Worth Reading Worth Reading Buying
The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. John Ruskin
Sign Distinguishing Price Bought Slavery
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
Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor. John Ruskin
Property Long Wish Rich Also Known Been Whereas Poor Right
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. John Ruskin
Great Only Great Person Great Thing Without Effort Person Done Thing
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. John Ruskin
Life Beautiful Great Architecture Impossible Eye Restore Spirit Insisted Given Only Never Dead Been Hand Anything Which Workman Whole Ever Recalled Raise
No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. John Ruskin
Good Society Pictorial Diseases Done Representation Ever
An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome. John Ruskin
Nature Live Our Cities Architect Study Hills Him Understands Dome Send Little Should Painter
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. John Ruskin
Education Best Out Leading Souls Making Human Them
No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. John Ruskin
Age Dark Men Preaching Lying Following Only Purpose Priest Knight Openly Trusted Any Then Ever Creeds Beloved
Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. John Ruskin
Become Our Evils Soon Indulging Real Reflections Them Imaginary
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. John Ruskin
Work Science Facts Demonstrations Impressions Substitute Appearances
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. John Ruskin
Heart Manners Deformity Kind Well Real Person Want Plain Modest Bred Means Who Ever
All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy. John Ruskin
Feelings Our Characterize Would Generally Fallacy Effect Impressions Same Pathetic Which Produce Us Things External Violent External Things
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. John Ruskin
Truth Only Never Concealment Vulgar Vulgarity However Affectation May Cannot Commonplace Unimportant Painful Whole
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. John Ruskin
Way Rightly Seeing One-Way Only Only One Way Doing Them Whole Things
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. John Ruskin
Best Try Power Suited Our Easily Temperament Absolutely Principle Within Condition Effort Successful
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. John Ruskin
Work Education First Able Someone Put Condition Being Meaningful Wholesome
Nothing can be beautiful which is not true. John Ruskin
Beautiful Nothing True Which
Civilization is the making of civil persons. John Ruskin
Civil Civilization Making Persons
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. John Ruskin
You Suffering Cursing Witness Wish Other Statement Spirit Only Invoking Make Hand Inflict Swearing Help Assistance
There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves. John Ruskin
Only Leaves Such Things Things Flowers
The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. John Ruskin
Art Best Business Word Men Sense Wayside Generally Call Opposed May Which Grotesque Lives
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. John Ruskin
Time Books Classes All-Time Divisible Hour Two
How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? John Ruskin
Best Book People Long Before Would Give Price Look Most How Large
Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. John Ruskin
Work Men Live Exchanging Trade Articles Cannot Them Producing
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