Quote by John Ruskin
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. - John

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. – John Ruskin

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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin

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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil buy it, by compromise with evil. – 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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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. – Walt Whitman

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To create a little flower is the labor of ages. – William Blake

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We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; yet the grass is green when the flower fades away. – R. Southwell

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Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms. – Ikkyu Sojun

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