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Never has interest in art been so high, and never has quality been so low.
John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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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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You cannot get anything out of nature or from God by gambling only out of your neighbor.
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In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.
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No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument no peace is ever in store for any of us, but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.
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All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.
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The child who desires education will be bettered by it the child who dislikes it disgraced.
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Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer.
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A man is known to his dog by the smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his friend by the smile each of these know him, but how little or how much depends on the dignity of the intelligence. That which is truly and indeed characteristic of the man is known only to God.
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