Quote by John Ruskin
Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we

Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book. – John Ruskin

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There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – 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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In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. – Thomas Carlyle

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A blessed companion is a book, — a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend,… a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into our own. – Douglas Jerrold

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Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. – Jessamyn West

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other mens thoughts, to speak other mens words, to follow other mens habits. – Walter Bagehot

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To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution. – Ron Paul

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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. – Oscar Wilde

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It is a good thing to be rich, and it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved of many friends. – Euripides

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