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John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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The knowledge of beauty is the true path and the first step towards the understanding of things that are good.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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Do justice to someone and you will end up loving them. But if you are unjust to them, you will end up hating them.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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Give a little love to a child and you will win a heart.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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The greatest artist is the one who, in the sum of their works, has incorporated the greatest number of their best ideas.

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A good book is not only written to multiply and transmit the voice, but also to perpetuate it.

John Ruskin

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All books can be divided into two classes: books of the moment and books for all time.

John Ruskin

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of deeds, the book of words, and the book of art.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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Whenever human faculties reach their fullness, they are necessarily expressed through art.

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John Ruskin

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From rivalry, nothing beautiful can arise; and from pride, nothing noble.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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The beauty of the fruit is in proportion to the time that elapses between the seed and the harvest.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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Do not teach children anything of which you are not absolutely sure. It's better for them to ignore a thousand truths than to know a single lie.