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No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Nothing can be beautiful which is not true. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor. ↗

— John Ruskin

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I want to make enough money to buy an island. Something modest, like Australia.
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— Jarod Kintz

#ambitious #australia #delusion #delusional #desire

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. ↗

— 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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Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. ↗

— John Ruskin

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