770 Quotes by John Ruskin

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

See! This our fathers did for us.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.