John Ruskin Quotes
Human work must be done honourably and thoroughly, because we are now Men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or were ever slugs, being practically no matter.
Citations
Ruskin, John. The Crown of Wild Olive: Three Lectures on Work, Traffic, and War. Smith, Elder and Co., 1866.
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John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.