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Famous Quotes by John Ruskin

Famous quotes made by the English art critic and social reformer, John Ruskin. He was born in London, England on February 8, 1819 and died on January 20, 1900.

An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.

You knock a man into the ditch, and then you tell him to remain content in the position in which Providence has placed him.

Going by railroad I do not consider as travelling. . . it is merely being 'sent' to a place, and very little different from being a parcel.

The first of all English games is making money.

When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.

He thinks by infection, catching an opinion like a cold.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

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