Quote#Wisdom
[T]here is nothing so exacting, so difficult, so various, as the…
Quote byAlice Meynell · 1847–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: John Ruskin (1900), Ch. III. "'Modern Painters.' The Second Volume", P. 43.
English (original)
[T]here is nothing so exacting, so difficult, so various, as the consistency of a complete theory, nothing so overwhelming to a slothful student.
— Alice Meynell
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