The time is probably near when a new system of architectural laws will be developed, adapted entirely to metallic construction. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Wise laws and just restraints are to a noble nation not chains, but chains of mail, -- strength and defense, though something… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Science is the knowledge of constant things, not merely of passing events, and is properly less the knowledge of general laws than… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is strange that of all the pieces of the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me the most… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
We may, without offending any laws of good taste, require of an architect, as we do of a novelist, that he should… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God shows us in Himself, strange as it may seem, not only authoritative perfection, but even the perfection of obedience--an obedience to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If there be any one principle more widely than another confessed by every utterance, or more sternly than another imprinted on every… — 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
