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Quote by John Ruskin
To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to g

To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. – John Ruskin

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Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. – John Ruskin

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Education
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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. – John Ruskin

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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. – Publilius Syrus

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Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them. – Author Unknown

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To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. – Ben Jonson

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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. – Author unknown, attributed to Mark Twain

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Locks keep out only the honest. – Yiddish Proverb

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Church tax exemption means that we all drop our money in the collection boxes, whether we go to church or not and whether we are interested in the church or not. It is systematic and complete robbery, from which none of us escapes. – E. Haldeman-Julius, The Church Is a Burden, Not a Benefit, In Social Life

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All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation. – John Adams

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Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture. – Albert J. Nock

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