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61 quotes (Page 2 of 3 pages)Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.
Color
John Ruskin
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Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.
Knowledge
John Ruskin
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One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
Death and Dying
John Ruskin
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People cannot live by lending money to one another.
Borrowing
John Ruskin
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Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
Skill
John Ruskin
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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
Slavery
John Ruskin
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Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.
Spirit and Spirituality
John Ruskin
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Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.
Desire
John Ruskin
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The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
Anger
John Ruskin
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The best thing in life aren't things.
Value
John Ruskin
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The best work never was and never will be done for money.
Work
John Ruskin
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The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
Education
John Ruskin
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The distinctive character of a child is to always live in the tangible present.
Children
John Ruskin
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The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.
Slavery
John Ruskin
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The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
Education
John Ruskin
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The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
Vulgarity
John Ruskin
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The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Success
John Ruskin
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The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.
Imagination
John Ruskin
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The last act crowns the play.
Plays
John Ruskin
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The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.
Color
John Ruskin
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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.
Language
John Ruskin
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The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.
Nature
John Ruskin
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The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.
Nations
John Ruskin
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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
Science and Scientists
John Ruskin
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There is no wealth but life.
Life and Living
John Ruskin
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun