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Small: The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have me
John Ruskin
"The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educa
John Ruskin
"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, Writer
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Small: The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work
John Ruskin
"The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless peacocks and lilies for instance
John Ruskin
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of
John Ruskin
"Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live
John Ruskin
"One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride
John Ruskin
"Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Nothing can be beautiful which is not true
John Ruskin
"Nothing can be beautiful which is not true"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is,
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, Writer
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Small: No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain all real deformity means want for manner
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, Writer
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Small: No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he c
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, Writer
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Small: No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered
John Ruskin
"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, Writer
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Small: Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions
John Ruskin
"Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Men dont and cant live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They dont live by trade, but by work.
John Ruskin
"Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade
John Ruskin
"Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Mans only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshippe
John Ruskin
"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"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless book
John Ruskin
"Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons
John Ruskin
"Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close
John Ruskin
"Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor
John Ruskin
"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly
John Ruskin
"It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which upli
John Ruskin
"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, Writer
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Small: I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility
John Ruskin
"I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?
John Ruskin
"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin
John Ruskin
"He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their wo
John Ruskin
"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, Writer
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Small: Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back
John Ruskin
"Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together
John Ruskin
"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all things and all
John Ruskin
"Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty
John Ruskin
"Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty"
John Ruskin, Writer
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Small: The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living
W. H. Auden
"The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: Now is the age of anxiety
W. H. Auden
"Now is the age of anxiety"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one a
W. H. Auden
"No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession
W. H. Auden
"Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: It takes little talent to see what lies under ones nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that o
W. H. Auden
"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say
W. H. Auden
"Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
W. H. Auden
"For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us
W. H. Auden
"A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.
W. H. Auden
"'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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Small: Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should neve
W. H. Auden
"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about"
W. H. Auden, Poet
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