John Ruskin ( 10 of 37 )
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.
The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will read more
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.
Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what read more
Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.
A knave’s religion is always the rottenest thing about him.
A knave’s religion is always the rottenest thing about him.
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
October's foliage yellows with his cold.
October's foliage yellows with his cold.
