A Quote by John Ruskin

All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.

John Ruskin

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John Ruskin
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February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900

Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull job slackly done becomes twice as dull, whereas a dull job performed as efficiently as possible becomes half as dull. Effort appears to be the main art of living.

Harold Nicolson

Sometimes in life we blow things out of proportion because proportion is so dull.

Robert Breault

Peter was dull; he was at first Dull; - Oh, so dull - so very dull! Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed - Still with his dulness was he cursed - Dull -beyond all conception - dull.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Take note that, before going any farther, I will give you the exact proportion of a man. Those of a woman I will disregard, for she does not have any set proportion.

Cennino Cennini

True science and true religion are twin sisters, and the separation of either from the other is sure to prove the death of both. Science prospers exactly in proportion as it is religious; and religion flourishes in exact proportion to the scientific depth and firmness of its basis.

Thomas Huxley

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

Ernest Hemingway

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is severe, firmness under it becomes more requisite and praiseworthy. It requires, indeed, self-command. But that will be fortified in proportion as the calls for its exercise are repeated.

Thomas Jefferson

A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.

Cyrus the Great

The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it.

John Ruskin

In proportion as the machine is improved and performs man's work with an ever increasing rapidity and exactness, the labourer, instead of prolonging his former rest times, redoubles his ardour, as if he wished to rival the machine. O, absurd and murderous competition!

Paul Lafargue

Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.

Vernon Howard

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

Edmund Burke

Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.

Earl Nightingale

The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.

Honore de Balzac

The riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.

Wallace D. Wattles

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