Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. — John Ruskin
What do we, as a nation, care about books? how much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries — John Ruskin
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery. — John Ruskin
The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. — John Ruskin
All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions — John Ruskin
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. — John Ruskin
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. — John Ruskin