John Ruskin, quoted on the title page of D. M. Mulock, The Woman's Kingdom (1869). Reported in Notes and Queries, 7th s., vol. 5 (30 June 1888), p. 508
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Queens you must always be: queens to your lovers; queens to your husbands and your sons, queens of higher mystery to the world beyond. ... But, alas! you are too often idle and careless queens, grasping at majesty in the least things, while you abdicate it in the greatest.
— John Ruskin on Women
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About John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English author, poet and painter, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic.
About John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English author, poet and painter, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic.
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