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Quote by John Ruskin
It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liber

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. – John Ruskin

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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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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. – John Ruskin

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It took me twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public. – George Bernard Shaw

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Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it. – Sir John Lubbock

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Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. – Edmund Burke

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Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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Its bad poetry executed by people that cant sing. Thats my definition of Rap. – Peter Steele

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