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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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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. – John Ruskin

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It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. – John Ruskin

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