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Why is one man richer than another? Because he is more industrious, more persevering and more sagacious.
John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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A nation which lives a pastoral and innocent life never decorates the shepherd's staff or the plough-handle but races who live by depredation and slaughter nearly always bestow exquisite ornaments on the quiver, the helmet, and the spear.
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Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.
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All great song, from the first day when human lips contrived syllables, has been sincere song.
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