Quote by John Ruskin
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjo

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. – John Ruskin

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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. – John Ruskin

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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. – John Ruskin

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Poetry
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Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. – John Ruskin

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Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. – Aldous Huxley

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Beauty

The real beauty of it – key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing. – Vince Gill

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Beauty

I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold. – Howard Lindsay

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Beauty

In all my career, in my ups and downs, Ive never had a beauty campaign. This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign. It made me feel really great. – Teri Hatcher

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Youve got to love libraries. Youve got to love books. Youve got to love poetry. Youve got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it. – Ray Bradbury

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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. – George Eliot

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Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. – Martin Heidegger

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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. – Jean de La Fontaine

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