No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others. John Ruskin More Quotes by John Ruskin More Quotes From John Ruskin Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. John Ruskin sarcastic flower humanity It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends. John Ruskin money purpose literature It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. John Ruskin discipline want may Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. John Ruskin truth art firsts The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. John Ruskin literature children years I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it. John Ruskin greatness men believe Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable. John Ruskin nature mean art The only way to understand these difficult parts of the Bible, or even to approach them with safety, is first to read and obey the easy ones. John Ruskin easy way firsts In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong. John Ruskin strong appreciation looks No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple. John Ruskin haughty architecture simple Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. John Ruskin change time book It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. John Ruskin stars uplifting sky Genius is only a superior power of seeing. John Ruskin superiors seeing genius 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 best-effort successful power 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 writing book art No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. John Ruskin perfect work art It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. John Ruskin wisdom teaching teacher You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself. John Ruskin helping-others people knowledge He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. And the men who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth they, and they only. John Ruskin kings heart men Never has interest in art been so high, and never has quality been so low. John Ruskin quality lows art
