(1) The words are, of course, those of John Ruskin, self-confessed enemy of railways and all their works.

(2) "Never teach a child anything of which you are not yourself sure" (John Ruskin).

(3) Charlotte Bronte, John Ruskin and Dickens himself all visited the Gaskells whilst they lived here.

(4) "Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons" (John Ruskin ).

(5) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass—John Ruskin .

(6) Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. —John Ruskin.

(7) For instance, John Ruskin, a leading nineteenth-century Tory Radical and a proponent of handicrafts, declaimed against "ilth, " a negative version of wealth produced by manufacturing.

(8) In 1860 John Ruskin published a critique of the economic concept of value from a moral point of view.

(9) "What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do. " - John Ruskin.

(10) When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty little package. John Ruskin, British writer and critic.

(11) And the " city of marble... paved with emeralds ", as English art historian John Ruskin described it, welcomed the travelers with open arms.

(12) Finally, according to this article, it is obviously that William Morris and John Ruskin are not only the leader of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England, but also the pioneer of the modern design.

(13) Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for example. - John Ruskin.

(14) The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. John Ruskin, British writer and critic.

(15) Emma Thompson's latest film project – a love triangle featuring the 19th century poet and critic John Ruskin – is reported to have been placed in jeopardy by a New York copyright case.