What Does John Ruskin Mean

Of all of the quotes that I could have chosen to prove and explain time and time again, I chose the wise words of John Ruskin. “He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue,” comes from the famous art patron, watercolorist, and prominent social thinker that is John Ruskin. His quote can be explained in simpler ways, shown in and linked to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and evaluated with generalizations about truth. John Ruskin, philanthropist and art critic, once said that,” He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.” What I think Ruskin means by this is that if you always tell the truth you never need to lie. You also shouldn’t need to persuade someone to believe your two cents of the story. John Ruskin, being a philanthropist would want to better someone’s life and by giving the advice to always stay true would strengthen relationships or trust. If you have two different stories to how to vase in the living room broke, no one knows who or what to believe. Then you have to admit to your falsity and suffer a more harmful consequence. This goes for anyone of any age. If we were to always have

See, throughout the entire book Tom lies to either Aunt Polly or his Bible school teacher. When Tom had returned from playing hooky and swimming in the beginning of the book, Aunt Polly had asked about what he had done so far that day. She did not notice that the button on his collar was sewed on with a different thread color than before. Sid, however, noticed right away. If Aunt Polly hadn’t put her trust in the fact that Sid was correct, Tom would have had to of come up with an explanation that wouldn’t get him in trouble as to why his button was sewed with a different thread. Mr. Sawyer would have been greatly benefited by John Ruskin’s wise