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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ↗

— John Ruskin

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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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Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. ↗

— John Ruskin

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

— John Ruskin

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