Of all the things that oppress me, this

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	"Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself - my disgust at her barbarity - clumsiness - darkness - bitter mockery of herself - is the most desolating." - -- John ruskin

Top 5 quotes from John ruskin

"Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them."
"...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work."
"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: They must not do too much of it: And they must have a sense of success in it."
"Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand."
"Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it."

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