No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy. John Ruskin
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More Quotes By John Ruskin
  1. It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.
  2. All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.
  3. He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
  4. To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty
  5. For, truly, the man who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
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