"I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney……" — John Ruskin
"I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging apot of paint in the public's face."
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404 Quotes by John Ruskin
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Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.
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All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong.
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