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He Quotes by John Ruskin
- The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his…
- He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.
- When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.
- He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
- I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was…
- No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only…
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is… — Aristotle