John Ruskin Quotes

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

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.
John Ruskin

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

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

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.
John Ruskin

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
John Ruskin

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
John Ruskin

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
John Ruskin

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

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
John Ruskin

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
John Ruskin

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
John Ruskin

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

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.
John Ruskin

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.
John Ruskin

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.
John Ruskin

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.
John Ruskin

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
John Ruskin

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.
John Ruskin

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
John Ruskin

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John Ruskin Quotes

Type: Writer Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Date of Birth: February 8, 1819 Date of Death: January 20, 1900 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: John Ruskin Related Authors: Thomas Paine Rudyard Kipling Gilbert K. Chesterton Douglas Adams Joseph Addison Quentin Crisp Agatha Christie Alain de Botton	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 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 No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. John Ruskin 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 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 Nothing can be beautiful which is not true. John Ruskin Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride. John Ruskin One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. John Ruskin Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. John Ruskin Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. John Ruskin Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. John Ruskin Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. John Ruskin 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 Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. John Ruskin Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. John Ruskin That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. John Ruskin The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. John Ruskin The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced. John Ruskin The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. John Ruskin The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. John Ruskin 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6