Quotes by Ruskin, John

Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality. >>

It is eminently a weariable faculty, eminently delicate, and incapable >>

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands >>

Quotations about Nations

The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough >>

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity >>

The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the >>

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts -- the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Ruskin, John