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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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Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. – John Ruskin

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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – John Ruskin

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No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. – John Ruskin

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

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It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying thus far shalt thou go and no further. – James Russell Lowell

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The worlds made up of individuals who dont want to be heroes. – Brian Moore

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Only the mediocre are always at their best. – Jean Giraudoux

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Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. – Black Elk

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