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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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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. – John Ruskin

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work
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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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John Ruskin
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Mans only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. – John Ruskin

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

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Mediocrity

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

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Mediocrity

The real antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. – Eric Hoffer

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Mediocrity

If you hire mediocre people, they will hire mediocre people. – Tom Murphy

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Mediocrity

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There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon ones self. – John Gay

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Actually I never did stand up. Im not that funny. – Maynard James Keenan

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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. – Igor Stravinsky

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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and dont know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? – Desiderius Erasmus

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