The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
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Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.John Ruskin
What does cooking mean It means the knowledge of Media and of Circe, and of Calypso, and Sheba. It means knowledge of all herbs, and fruits. and balms and spices.... I means the economy of your great-grandmother and the science of modern chemistry, and French art, and Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that your are to see imperatively, that everyone has something nice to eat.
John Ruskin
He thinks by infection, catching an opinion like a cold.
John Ruskin
In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.
John Ruskin
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
John Ruskin
Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality.
John Ruskin
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