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Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it.
John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it.
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The enormous influence of novelty--the way in which it quickens observations, sharpens sensations, and exalts sentiment--is not half enough taken note of by us, and is to me a very sorrowful matter. And yet, if we try to obtain perpetual change, change itself will become monotonous.
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It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
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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.
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And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship or nobly, which is done in pride.
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Work first, and then rest.
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We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears!
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All true opinions are living, and show their life by being capable of nourishment therefore of change. But their change is that of a tree not of a cloud.
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The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression.
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Once thoroughly our own, the knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.
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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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No small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people, in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force upon others, of work itself.
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... A power of obtaining veracity in the representation of material and tangible things, which, within certain limits and conditions, is unimpeachable, has now been placed in the hands of all men, almost without labour. (1853)
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It is among children only, and as children only, that you will find medicine for your healing and true wisdom for your teaching.
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All really great pictures exhibit the general habits of nature, manifested in some peculiar, rare, and beautiful way.
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We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts.
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No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman.
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The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
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Living without an aim, is like sailing without a compass.
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No one can explain how the notes of a Mozart melody, or the folds of a piece of Titian's drapery, produce their essential effects. If you do not feel it, no one can by reasoning make you feel it.
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