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Nearly Quotes by John Ruskin
- Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
- Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted.
- Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of our hands, this…
- There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of…
- Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as…
- To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty
More Nearly Quotes
- Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing. — Lance Armstrong
- The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
- The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million. — Joe Baca
- It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. — James A. Baldwin
- I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be… — Bob Barker
- Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. — Dave Barry
- The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck. — Lynda Barry
- Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. — Charles Baudelaire
- The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and… — Annie Besant
- Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the… — Jo Bonner
- When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with… — Niels Bohr