Quotes By Author: John Ruskin

“There is no wealth but life.”

“For, truly, the man who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.”

“To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true? To be taught to write or to speak—but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think—nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true.”

“To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty”

“He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.”

“All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.”