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Variety is a positive requisite even in the character of our food.
John Ruskin
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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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High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure' in loving these, in displaying to the utmost of the painter's power such loveliness as is in them, and directing the thoughts of others to them by winning art, or gentle emphasis.
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In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.
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Why is one man richer than another? Because he is more industrious, more persevering and more sagacious.
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Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
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When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
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An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
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Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
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All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.
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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
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An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.
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In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.
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I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
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It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances.
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The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.
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Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future.
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Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It is the far sight, the quiet and confident patience, that, above all other attributes, separate man from man, and near him to his Maker and there is no action nor art, whose majesty we may not measure by this test.
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There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
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This is the true nature of home - it is the place of Peace the shelter, not only from all injury, but from all terror, doubt, and division.
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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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Unless we perform divine service with every willing act of our life, we never perform it at all.
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