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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy, and its full charm is possible only to the gentle
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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London
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If some people really see angels where others see only empty space, let them paint the angels: only let not anybody else think they can paint an angel too, on any calculated principles of the angelic.
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Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie.
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