Art is not a study of positive reality it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Author: John Ruskin

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A book worth reading is worth buying.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.