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Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. ↗

— John Ruskin

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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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All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. ↗

— 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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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ↗

— John Ruskin

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No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. ↗

— John Ruskin

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We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. ↗

— John Ruskin

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An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind. ↗

— 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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