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John Ruskin Quotes

John Ruskin quotes

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

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John Ruskin quote: "The majesty of nature depends upon the force of the human spirit."
The majesty of nature depends upon the force of the human spirit. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and..."
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the..."
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is..."
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more..."
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. John Ruskin
There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey. John Ruskin
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
John Ruskin quote: "You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true..."
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. John Ruskin
It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. Whenyou pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you paytoo little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing youbought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. Thecommon law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting alot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is wellto add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you willhave enough to pay for... John Ruskin
Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre of them. And the guilty Thieves of Europe, the real sources of all deadly war in it, are the Capitalists John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying..."
It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "The rich and the poor have met, God is their light."
The rich and the poor have met, God is their light. John Ruskin
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared to what we spend on our horses? John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "No good is ever done to society by the pictorial..."
No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. John Ruskin
Now observe; if the artist does not understand the sacredness of the truth of Impression, and supposes that, once quitting hold of his first thought, he may by Philosophy compose something prettier than he saw and mightier than he felt, it is all over with him. Every such attempt at composition will be utterly abortive, and end in something that is neither true nor fanciful; something geographically useless, and intellectually absurd. John Ruskin

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