Quotes by Ruskin, John

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find y >>

In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear a >>

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish >>

Quotations about Labor

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: div >>

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the >>

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. >>

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into mere segments of men --broken into small fragments and crumbs of life, so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough to make a pin, or a nail, but exhausts itself in making the point of a pin or the head of a nail.

Ruskin, John