No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
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Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.John Ruskin
An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.
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The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.
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Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.
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Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.
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Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be to you as its close. Then let everyone of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others some good strength of knowledge gained for yourself.
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