Quote by John Ruskin
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence,

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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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. – 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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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions. – William Godwin

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