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Quote by John Ruskin
Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. – John Ruskin

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All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. – John Ruskin

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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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Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it. – Harold S. Geneen

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When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. Im sure it made the work seem that much more urgent. – George Carlin

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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. – T. S. Eliot

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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. – Jane Austen

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Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect… God has written the letters of death upon your hands. In the inside of your hands you will see the letters M.M. It means “Memento Mori” — remember you must die. – J. Furniss, Tracts for Spiritual Reading

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