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John Ruskin
English
Writer
Born:
Feb 8
,
1819
Died:
Jan 20
,
1900
Education
Great
Man
Men
Work
You
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It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.
John Ruskin
Purpose
Makes
How
How Much
Much
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
John Ruskin
Work
Best
Age
People
Doubt
Hesitation
Plodding
Lies
Misery
Powerful
Powerful People
Most
Practical
Well
Doing
Hand
Them
Nearly
To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.
John Ruskin
Ignorance
Know
Involves
Well
Sensation
Anything
Profound
Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.
John Ruskin
Work
Men
Tools
Perfect
Were
Accuracy
Intended
Precise
Actions
Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
John Ruskin
Life
Reading
Few
Ought
Books
Hours
None
Very
Quiet
Short
Being
Them
Waste
It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.
John Ruskin
Truth
Architecture
Important
Paradox
Seems
Imperfect
Noble
Nevertheless
Most
Truly
Which
Fantastic
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