"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." (John Ruskin)
"In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes." (John Ruskin)
"I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful." (John Ruskin)
"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty." (John Ruskin)
"Plaider l'ignorance n'enlèvera jamais notre responsabilité." (John Ruskin)
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https://blogs.mediapart.fr/wawa/blog/200321/marcel-proust
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