How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

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.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.