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There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen must do 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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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
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I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all tempting and wanting to be worked out.
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The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and find the answer of God by honest searching.
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