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Quote by John Ruskin
The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintell

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him. – John Ruskin

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Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. – John Ruskin

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The child who desires education will be bettered by it the child who dislikes it disgraced. – John Ruskin

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My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language. – Edward Gibbon

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It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon. – Alice James

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