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Discover the wisdom of John Ruskin with this collection of his most profound quotes. Explore his thoughts on art, effort, history, and living a noble life. Perfect for lovers of classic literature and philosophical insights.

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00:00The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw
00:05in a plain way.
00:07Hundreds can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see.
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00:17Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.
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00:28The first thing you learn in the arts is that you must be content to be misunderstood for a while.
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00:38We have a great deal of the right thing to do, and a great deal of the wrong thing to
00:43do, and it is our business to know which is which.
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00:51Let us read this book of the earth with diligence.
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00:58The man who has no sense of history is like a man who is deaf and dumb to the most
01:03marvelous melodies of life.
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01:10Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating, there is really no such thing as
01:17bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
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01:25The noblest lives are those which are directed to the noblest ends.
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01:34There is no great artist who has not had to learn a great deal.
01:38He has had to learn to paint, he has had to learn to draw, he has had to learn color,
01:44he has had to learn composition.
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01:50It is not the man who has much, but the man who is much, who is truly rich.
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02:00The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
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02:10Architecture is a work of art, and it is the test of the greatness of a nation.
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02:20The difference between the master and the pupil is that the master has failed more times than the pupil has
02:26yet begun.
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02:32There is no use in repeating advice if it is not to be followed.
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02:40The noblest of all studies is the study of the past, for it is the study of ourselves.
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02:51The work of the artist is to teach the world to see.
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02:58A great man is always willing to be little.
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03:06The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
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03:16Life is like a great piece of music, and the more we understand the divine harmony of it, the more
03:22we are apt to be happy.
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03:28The strength of a nation, in other words, the health, wealth, and happiness of its people, depends in the first
03:35instance upon the way in which the nation is fed.
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