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Mere Quotes by John Ruskin
- You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest…
- 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…
- 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…
- It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men: divided into mere segments of men - broken into small fragments and…
- Sculpture is not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone; it is the cutting of the effect of it. Very often the…
- The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
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