Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
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There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A single flower possesses immense beauty and value, enough to inspire grand artistry and architecture.
John Ruskin's quote emphasizes the profound beauty and significance found in nature, particularly in something as simple as a flower. It suggests that the intricacies and wonders of a natural object can provide abundant material for artistic expression, reminding us to appreciate the small and often overlooked wonders around us.
Themes
FlowerBeautyNatureArtInspiration
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote in a speech about environmental conservation to highlight the beauty of nature.
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All quotes βIn health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.
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You talk of the scythe of Time, and the tooth of Time: I tell you, Time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm - we who smite like the scythe. It is ourselves who abolish - ourselves who consume: we are the mildew, and the flame.
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To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.
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See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.
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