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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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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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John Ruskin
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It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. – John Ruskin

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

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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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There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. – Author unknown

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Not every religion has to have St. Augustines attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesnt prevent it being a religious ceremony. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. – Khalil Gibran

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The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. – Thomas Jefferson

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