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Quote by John Ruskin
No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but esp

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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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. – John Ruskin

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John Ruskin
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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom, there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life. – John Ruskin

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I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age. – William Butler Yeats

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Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. – Robert Byrne

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Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. – Florida Scott-Maxwell

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You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you. – Haruki Murakami

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The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede. – Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. – Victor Hugo

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You need to get in touch with your body … do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone whos coordinated, preferably. You have to study, train, and you dont have to go to school necessarily, you can teach yourself a lot of stuff. – Jacqueline Bisset

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