All John Ruskin Quotes
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 with what we spend on our horses?
John Ruskin
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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.
John Ruskin
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The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.
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Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.
John Ruskin
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Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
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