The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
John RuskinNo picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true.
John RuskinCourage, so far as it is a sign of race, is peculiarly the mark of a gentleman or a lady; but it becomes vulgar if rude or insensitive, while timidity is not vulgar, if it be a characteristic of race or fineness of make. A fawn is not vulgar in being timid, nor a crocodile "gentle" because courageous.
John Ruskin