All John Ruskin Quotes
- Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves. Deals
- Science lives only in quiet places, and with odd people, mostly poor. Lives
- In order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge… Capable
- Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are my friends. I have none others. I am never long… Attach
- Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer. Always Sounds
- We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread… Darkness
- He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. False
- One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. Death
- All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own. All
- It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. Deal
- People cannot live by lending money to one another. Borrowing
- See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it. Children
- A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants… Beautiful
- The true end of education is not only to make the young learned, but to make them love learning; not only to make them industrious,… Education
- Unless we perform divine service with every willing act of our life, we never perform it at all. Act
- Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base. Base
- There are many religions, but there is only one morality. Funny
- Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice… Accident
- "Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any… Any
- The best thing in life aren't things. Best