Quote by John Ruskin
As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so

As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. – John Ruskin

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

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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. – John Ruskin

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A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you. – Françoise Sagan

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Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its sake alone. – Georg Simmel

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The only man who really needs a tail coat is a man with a hole in his trousers. – John Taylor

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Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart. – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel

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