"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance."

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Insight & Reflection

This reflection on beauty by John Ruskin resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in beauty is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About John Ruskin

John Ruskin was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth.

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