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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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Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. – John Ruskin

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