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" The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him. "
John Ruskin
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" Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons. "
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" Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride. "
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" It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. "
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" To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. "
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" The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. "
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" To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. "
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" I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it? "
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" All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. "
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" Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. "
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" 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. "
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