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title: "40 May Quotes By John Ruskin"
description: "40 May quotes by John Ruskin. Plus more from John Ruskin and more May sayings from other authors."
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> [Your labor only may be sold, your soul must not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/your-labor-only-may-be-sold-your-soul-must-not/)

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> [You may sell your work, but not your soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-sell-your-work-but-not-your-soul/)

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> [Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/freedom-is-only-granted-us-that-obedience-may-be-more-perfect/)

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> [Much of the character of everyman may be read in his house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/much-of-the-character-of-everyman-may-be-read-in-his-house/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/conceit-may-puff-a-man-up-but-never-prop-him-up/)

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> [The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-bible-is-the-one-book-to-which-any-thoughtful-man-may-go-with-any/)

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> [We may, without offending any laws of good taste, require of an architect, as we do of a novelist, that he should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/we-may-without-offending-any-laws-of-good-taste-require-of-an/)

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> [In order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/in-order-that-a-man-may-be-happy-it-is-necessary-that-he-should-not/)

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> [The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-art-which-we-may-call-generally-art-of-the-wayside-as-opposed-to/)

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> [There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-nothing-so-small-but-that-we-may-honor-god-by-asking-his/)

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> [That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/that-which-seems-to-be-wealth-may-in-verity-be-only-the-gilded-index/)

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> [There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-no-action-so-slight-or-so-mean-but-it-may-be-done-to-a-great/)

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> [Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/architecture-is-the-art-which-so-disposes-and-adorns-the-edifices/)

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> [Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/though-you-may-have-known-clever-men-who-were-indolent-you-never-knew/)

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> [I would have, then, our ordinary dwelling-houses built to last, and built to be lovely; as rich and full of pleasantness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-would-have-then-our-ordinary-dwelling-houses-built-to-last-and/)

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> [Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/every-human-action-gains-in-honor-in-grace-in-all-true-magnificence/)

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> [If we pretend to have reached either perfection or satisfaction, we have degraded ourselves and our work. God's work only may express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/if-we-pretend-to-have-reached-either-perfection-or-satisfaction-we/)

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> [We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/we-may-live-without-her-and-worship-without-her-but-we-cannot/)

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> [However good you may be you have faults; however dull you may be you can find out what some of them are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/however-good-you-may-be-you-have-faults-however-dull-you-may-be-you/)

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> [So long as we see the stones and joints, and are not deceived as to the points of support in any piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/so-long-as-we-see-the-stones-and-joints-and-are-not-deceived-as-to/)

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> [You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-chisel-a-boy-into-shape-as-you-would-a-rock-or-hammer-him/)

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> [Now the basest thought possible concerning man is, that he has no spiritual nature; and the foolishest misunderstanding of him possible is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/now-the-basest-thought-possible-concerning-man-is-that-he-has-no/)

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> [Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/obedience-is-indeed-founded-on-a-kind-of-freedom-else-it-would-become/)

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> [As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/as-long-as-there-are-cold-and-nakedness-in-the-land-around-you-so-2/)

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> [God shows us in Himself, strange as it may seem, not only authoritative perfection, but even the perfection of obedience--an obedience to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/god-shows-us-in-himself-strange-as-it-may-seem-not-only-authoritative/)

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> [No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/no-human-face-is-exactly-the-same-in-its-lines-on-each-side-no-leaf/)

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> [Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/great-nations-write-their-autobiographies-in-three-manuscripts-the-2/)

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> [Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/superstition-in-all-times-and-among-all-nations-is-the-fear-of-a/)

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> [The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-entire-vitality-of-art-depends-upon-its-being-either-full-of/)

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> [The artist's business is to feel, although he may think a little sometimes... when he has nothing better to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-artist-s-business-is-to-feel-although-he-may-think-a-little/)

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> [You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-either-win-your-peace-or-buy-it-win-it-by-resistance-to-evil/)

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> [Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/your-art-is-to-be-the-praise-of-something-that-you-love-it-may-only/)

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> [I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love nature, than teach the looking at nature that they may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-would-rather-teach-drawing-that-my-pupils-may-learn-to-love-nature/)

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> [You may assuredly find perfect peace, if you are resolved to do that which your Lord has plainly required--and content that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-assuredly-find-perfect-peace-if-you-are-resolved-to-do-that/)

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> [A gentleman's first characteristic is that fineness of structure in the body which renders it capable of the most delicate sensation; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/a-gentleman-s-first-characteristic-is-that-fineness-of-structure-in/)

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> [There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-never-vulgarity-in-a-whole-truth-however-commonplace-it-may/)

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> [All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/all-things-are-literally-better-lovelier-and-more-beloved-for-the/)

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> [Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/make-yourselves-nests-of-pleasant-thoughts-none-of-us-knows-what/)

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> [It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author-to-feel-that-he-must-say-all-2/)

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> [The man who can see all gray, and red, and purples in a peach, will paint the peach rightly round, and rightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-man-who-can-see-all-gray-and-red-and-purples-in-a-peach-will/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by John Ruskin

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/occult-theft-theft-which-hides-itself-even-from-itself-and-is-legal/)

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> [Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/mighty-of-heart-mighty-of-mind-magnanimous-to-be-this-is-indeed-to-be/)

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> [Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/life-is-a-magic-vase-filled-to-the-brim-so-made-that-you-cannot-dip/)

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> [As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/as-in-the-instances-of-alchemy-astrology-witchcraft-and-other-such/)

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> [I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-am-far-more-provoked-at-being-thought-foolish-by-foolish-people/)

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> [When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/when-we-build-let-it-not-be-for-present-delights-nor-for-present-use/)

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> [It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-far-more-difficult-to-be-simple-than-to-be-complicated-far-more/)

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> [It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-a-good-and-safe-rule-to-sojourn-in-every-place-as-if-you-meant/)

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> [“You may trust to the truth of my sympathy; but you must remember that I am engaged in the investigation of enormous religious and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-trust-to-the-truth-of-my-sympathy-but-you-must-remember-that/)

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> [And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/and-remember-child-that-nothing-is-ever-done-beautifully-which-is/)

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> [It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-s-unwise-to-pay-too-much-but-it-s-worse-to-pay-too-little/)

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> [The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-world-is-full-of-vulgar-purists-who-bring-discredit-on-all/)

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> [Like other beautiful things in this world, its end (that of a shaft) is to be beautiful; and, in proportion to its beauty, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/like-other-beautiful-things-in-this-world-its-end-that-of-a-shaft-is/)

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> [All are to be men of genius in their degree,--rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the souls be clear and pure;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/all-are-to-be-men-of-genius-in-their-degree-rivulets-or-rivers-it/)

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> [The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every child just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-art-of-drawing-which-is-of-more-real-importance-to-the-human-race/)

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