All John Ruskin Quotes
- You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a better kind, as… Better
- God gives us always strength enough, and sense enough, for everything He wants us to do. Always Strength
- Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom there… Air
- You cannot get anything out of nature or from God by gambling; only out of your neighbor. Cannot Get
- How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treacherous, indeed, of all phantoms; for the… All
- We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name.… Civilized
- ... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice. Action
- Production does not consist in things laboriously made, but in things serviceably consumable; and the question for the nation is not how much labour it… Consist
- But I beg you to observe that there is a wide difference between being captains or governors of work, and taking the profits of it.… All
- Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted. All
- I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life,… All
- There is no law of history any more than of a kaleidoscope. Any
- Every noble life leaves its fibre interwoven forever in the work of the world. Every Noble
- No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. Architecture
- You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with… Account
- I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold. Any
- If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. Book
- It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. Little
- See! This our fathers did for us. Father
- Come, ye cold winds, at January's call, On whistling wings, and with white flakes bestrew The earth. Bestrew