John Ruskin
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Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave.
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Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave.
Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong honor that try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
There is no wealth but life.
We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we can not put our heart.
Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts--the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.
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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
He was as great as a man can be without morality.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record? What does it say about the fiction of old liberalism to insist that good jobs and good schools and good wages will result from policies that have failed us, time and again?
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