What did John Ruskin mean by: Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book. - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England Copy
+ The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ruskin, Motivational, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Pay, You Choose, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Political, Politics, Slavery, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ruskin, Literature, Vulgar, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ No day is without its innocent hope. Feraz Zeid, October 17, 2023December 26, 2023, John Ruskin, Innocent, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple. Feraz Zeid, August 28, 2023December 24, 2023, John Ruskin, Architecture, Simple, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ruskin, Art, Reality, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ I desire … to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE IS NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ruskin, Desire, Fact, Wealth, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
