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Letter "J" » John Ruskin Quotes
«Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it.»
«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.»
«No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.»
Author: John Ruskin
(Critic, Writer)
| Keywords:
pictorial, pictorial representation, representation
«You cannot get anything out of nature or from God by gambling; only out of your neighbor.»
«To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.»
Author: John Ruskin
(Critic, Writer)
| Keywords:
blossoms, plough, spade, spades, The Blossoms, The Plough
«Civilization is the making of civil 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.»
«We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind.»
Author: John Ruskin
(Critic, Writer)
| Keywords:
as it were, habitation, insensibility, intermediate, perishing, stability, subdued, The Passion, veil
«Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches.»
«Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.»
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