“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.”
John Ruskin book The Stones of Venice
Volume II, chapter V, section 30.
Source: The Stones of Venice (1853)
“When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.”
Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861) Summary of Book Fourth.
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