Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty just as light depri

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.

Author: John Ruskin

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

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It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed.

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