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They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserv

They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame. – John Ruskin

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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I dont mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. – John Ruskin

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Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends. – John Ruskin

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Obedience
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As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. – John Ruskin

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Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. – Walter Russell

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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet. – Proverb

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Mediocrity

Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole. – Frank Moore Colby

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He could not see a belt without hitting below it. – Margot Asquith

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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson

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Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them. – Mark Goulston, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior, 1996

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I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns. – Shia LaBeouf

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