The true work of a critic is not to make his hearer believe him, but agree with him. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You cannot get anything out of nature or from God by gambling; only out of your neighbor. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Unless we perform divine service with every willing act of our life, we never perform it at all. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Many thoughts are so dependent upon the language in which they are clothed that they would lose half their beauty if otherwise… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
What is the cheapest to you now is likely to be the dearest to you in the end. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless.” — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all --… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“There is no music in a rest, but there is the making of music in it. In our whole life-melody the music… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“And observe, you are put to stern choice in this matter. You must either make a tool of the creature, or a… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
But whether thus submissively or not, at least be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I desire ... to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE IS NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Every hue throughout your work is altered by every touch you add in other places. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The sculptor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“You may trust to the truth of my sympathy; but you must remember that I am engaged in the investigation of enormous religious and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
