"Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons."
― John Ruskin
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More From John Ruskin
- "How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"
- "Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."
- "No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds."
More In Great
- "There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power."― Honore de Balzac
- "Growing up in the Midwest, people don’t drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to buy a more expensive car, it doesn’t occur to you because it’s not what you relate to."― Luke Perry
- "There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain."― R. D. Laing