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Quote by John Ruskin
The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. – John Ruskin

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Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. – John Ruskin

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Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. – John Ruskin

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