"Life is a magic vase filled to the……" — John Ruskin
"Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it. Drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love."
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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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