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How long most people would look at the best book before they would

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – 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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Men dont and cant live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They dont live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions. – John Ruskin

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Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. – John Ruskin

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