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John Ruskin Quotes

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

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

Man More Him Word Vulgar Higher

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

Happy Country Human Noble Greatest

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.

Peace Evil Win Compromise You Buy

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

Work Beautiful Great Darkness First

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.

Passion Religion Action You Smoke

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

Power Art Perfection Saying Nothing

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Me You Morality Taste Tell Only

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.

Work Story Better Meaning Without

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

Think Care You Nation Books Horses

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.

Painting Reputation Landscape Done

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

Truth Architecture Important Noble

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

Happy Believe Done I Believe Right

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