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John Ruskin Quotes

John Ruskin quotes

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

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If only the Geologists would let me alone, I could do very well, but those dreadful Hammers! I hear the clink of them at the end of every cadence of the Bible verses John Ruskin
Cookery means…English thoroughness, French art, and Arabian hospitality; it means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and spices; it means carefulness, inventiveness, and watchfulness. 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: "Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for..."
Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of..."
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. 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: "Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery."
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. 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
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. 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
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for..."
The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. John Ruskin
Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body..."
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. John Ruskin

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