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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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No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. – John Ruskin

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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. – John Ruskin

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All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. – John Ruskin

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You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-Im taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible. – Harry S. Truman

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God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. – Jim Elliot

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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If its flipping hamburgers at McDonalds, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft. – Snoop Dogg

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The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. – Author Unknown

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