All John Ruskin Quotes
- A book worth reading is worth buying. Book
- Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. All
- Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Art
- The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. Able
- He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin. Anger
- Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. Experience
- The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. Absolutely
- To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. Anything Well
- It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place,… Both
- Nothing can be beautiful which is not true. Beautiful
- All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it,… All
- The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. Bought
- A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. Effort
- All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. All
- Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. All
- Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. Best
- When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. Attitude
- Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults… Dead
- Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. All
- The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. Creation