Tag: John Ruskin

Patience has its limits…

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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. -John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? -William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Abused patience turns to fury. -Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661) Endurance is patience concentrated. -Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) To… Continue reading Patience has its limits…

So the darkness shall be the light…

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All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.-John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.-Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) A man must dream a long time in order to act with… Continue reading So the darkness shall be the light…