Quote by John Ruskin
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. - John R

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. – John Ruskin

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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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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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Whats great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. – Andy Warhol

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Police and firefighters are great, but they dont create wealth. They protect it. Thats crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to become good citizens so that citizens can then go create wealth. But they dont create the wealth themselves. – Rush Limbaugh

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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemys aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. – Winston Churchill

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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Ive realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there. – Kohei Uchimura

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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. – Henry David Thoreau

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It was a night so beautiful that your soul seemed hardly able to bear the prison of the body. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919

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What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind. – G.E. Woodberry

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