I take care of my things. After all, those of us as has few things to begin with must take care, lest we have fewer.

About John Ruskin

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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.

More quotations from John Ruskin

…in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.

By the work one knows the workmen.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is "What do you like?" Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are.

There is a working class—strong and happy—among both rich and poor. There is an idle class—weak, wicked, and miserable—among both rich and poor.

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Possession is eleven points in the law.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The wise man carries his possessions within him.

—Colleen Wainwright

We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing our best. That we are avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary. That we are shrinking from rather than vising to the challenges of the age.

Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect.

—Barack Obama

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity.

—Julie Garwood in Prince Charming

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