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There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. ↗

— John Ruskin

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In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. ↗

— John Ruskin

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To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. ↗

— John Ruskin

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All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. ↗

— John Ruskin

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It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. ↗

— John Ruskin

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When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. ↗

— John Ruskin

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A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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