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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.

John Ruskin

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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.
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