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 were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. – John Ruskin

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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. – John Ruskin

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I dont feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. – John Wayne

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. – Saint Augustine

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. – Albert Schweitzer

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The forceps of our minds are clumsy things and crush the truth a little in the course of taking hold of it. – H.G. Wells

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What is art? Prostitution. – Charles Baudelaire

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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage. – Jack Kingston

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