John Ruskin Quotes

Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said "it is because you were too much indulged."

John Ruskin

• Stupid
• My Mother
• Indulged

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• Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said "it is because you were too much indulged."

  

  John Ruskin
  • Stupid
  • My Mother
  • Indulged