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John Ruskin Quotes

English - Writer | February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy.

Feelings Same Things Us Pathetic

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

Great Free Fish Powerful Human Ever

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Life Inspirational Beginning Sun You

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Positive Truth Art Reality Study

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

Beautiful World Remember Useless

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.

Rich Wish Long Poor I Wish Right

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

Man Small Up Pretty Package He

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Words Lying Deception Essence

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

Good Great Gift Person Always Out

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Education Honesty Children Beginning

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Light Walk Darkness You Come While

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

Simple Sacrifice Easy Place Skill

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