What did John Ruskin mean by: Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life. - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England Copy
+ The last act crowns the play. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 25, 2024, John Ruskin, Achievement, Culmination, Resolution, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
Commerce is the agency by which the power of choice is obtained. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Agency, Choices, Commerce, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,–energy. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Energy, Expression, Opposites, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Climbing, Hiking, Mountain, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
Nothing can be beautiful which is not true. Feraz Zeid, September 12, 2023December 25, 2024, John Ruskin, Beauty, Connection, Truth, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Ethics, Morality, Taste, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Expression, Imperfection, Vitality, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ You can only possess beauty through understanding it. Feraz Zeid, August 30, 2023December 25, 2024, John Ruskin, Beauty, Possession, Understanding, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile? Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France