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John Ruskin Quotes

«A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.»
«Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.»
Author: John Ruskin (Critic, Writer) | Keywords: holiest
«Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.»
Author: John Ruskin (Critic, Writer) | Keywords: egoistic
«No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.»
«Your labor only may be sold, your soul must not.»
«It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.»
«No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others.»
Author: John Ruskin (Critic, Writer) | Keywords: Discovery of, taxing
«The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.»
«A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.»
«Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.»