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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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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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A book worth reading is worth buying. ↗

— 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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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? ↗

— John Ruskin

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Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. ↗

— John Ruskin

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What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses? ↗

— John Ruskin

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You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee. ↗

— Renee Zellweger

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