"There is no wealth but life."
-John Ruskin
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"Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.“
-John Ruskin
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"I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility."
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