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John Ruskin Quotes

John Ruskin quotes about education

English Writer, Painter February 8, 1819 – January 20, 1900

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The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things? not merely industrious, but to love industry? not merely learned, but to love knowledge? not merely pure, but to love purity? not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and..."
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. John Ruskin
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all -- by example. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "The first condition of education is being able to put someone..."
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to..."
It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of..."
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. John Ruskin
The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know...."
Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. John Ruskin
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
John Ruskin quote: "The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the..."
The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced. John Ruskin
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. John Ruskin

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