Quote by John Ruskin
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the be

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. – 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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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil buy it, by compromise with evil. – John Ruskin

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Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. – John Ruskin

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What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. – Jean Paul

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