John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7434 John Ruskin 1819-1900 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7434 |
| AUTHOR: | John Ruskin (1819–1900) |
| QUOTATION: | The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as its greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sesame and Lilies. Part i. iii. |