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God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.

John Ruskin

I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility.

John Ruskin

If the design of the building be originally bad, the only virtue it can ever possess will be signs of antiquity.

John Ruskin

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

John Ruskin

An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.

John Ruskin

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

John Ruskin

Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men.

John Ruskin

To follow art for the sake of being a great man, and therefore to cast about continually for some means of achieving position or attracting admiration, is the surest way of ending in total extinction.

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Love Quote

Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.

- Katharine Hepburn

Motivational Quote

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

- Paulo Coelho

Humorous Quote

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

- Albert Einstein

Relationship Quote

A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

Girls Quote

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

- Marilyn Monroe

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