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Quote by John Ruskin
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. – 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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