John Ruskin Quotations

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Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Books]

Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Money]

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
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There is no wealth but life.
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As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Clothing]

...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Work]

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.
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Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
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There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor: there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable - among both rich and poor.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Idleness]

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Beauty]

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
	- John Ruskin	more quotations on [Beauty]

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