John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth.
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
—Bias
Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect.