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The relative majesty of buildings depends more on the weight and vigour of their masses than any other tribute of their design.
John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our God is a house-hold God, as well as a heavenly one He has an altar in every man's dwelling.
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An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
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