All John Ruskin Quotes
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
John Ruskin in
Nature
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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
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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
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The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
John Ruskin
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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?
John Ruskin
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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
John Ruskin
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I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
John Ruskin
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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
John Ruskin
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A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
John Ruskin
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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
John Ruskin in
Art
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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
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