No human being, however great, or powerf... by John Ruskin | We Heart Quotes

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No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

- John Ruskin

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Slavery

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.

- John Ruskin

Weather

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

- John Ruskin

Work Life

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

- John Ruskin

Duty Education First People

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

- John Ruskin

Purpose

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

- John Ruskin

Poor Right

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.

- John Ruskin

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