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Meaning Quotes by John Ruskin
- One evening, when I was yet in my nurse's arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily ... My nurse would…
- But whether thus submissively or not, at least be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
- Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.
- What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
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