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Words Quotes by John Ruskin
- Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.
- I wish they would use English instead of Greek words. When I want to know why a leaf is green, they tell me it is…
- It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or…
- The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
- Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
- Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible…
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila