John Ruskin Quote

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work?


Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin (ed. 1871)


Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving...

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving...

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving...

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving...