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" It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends. "
John Ruskin
Much
How
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" Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. "
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" To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. "
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New
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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. "
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Hope
" 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. "
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Age
Purpose
" It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. "
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Architecture
Noble
" Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. "
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Age
Work
Powerful
" A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. "
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Kindness
Great
Thought
" Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. "
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Punishment
Hands
Crime
" One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. "
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Does
Live
Who
" The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. "
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Women
Men
Power
" Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. "
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Positive
Art
Truth
" The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. "
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Become
Toil
Get
" To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. "
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Clearly
Prophecy
Religion
" All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. "
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Art
Body
Great
" It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately. "
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Skill
Easy
Place
" How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? "
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Price
Best
People
" Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. "
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Trade
Men
Cannot
" Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. "
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Tell
Morality
Me
" There is no wealth but life. "
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Wealth
Life
" When we build, let us think that we build for ever. "
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Us
Build
Ever
" The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. "
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Appearances
Science
Facts
" When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. "
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Success
Together
Love
" Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. "
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Effort
Brainy
Quality
" Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. "
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End
Mountains
Beginning
" I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it? "
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Right
I Believe
Happy
" An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind. "
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Person
Kind
Neither