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Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
John Ruskin



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Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: English
Born: February 8, 1819
Died: January 20, 1900

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Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.
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When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
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Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.
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One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
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It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.
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Words
Beauty, Ceases, Deprived, Enjoyed, Just, Light, Proper, Shadows
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Beauty, Deprived, Enjoyed, Just, light, Proper
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