Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions.

Quote by John Ruskin

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That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is...

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in...

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in...

The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him,...

The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is peculiar to him,...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them...

To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but...

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but...

The soul needs beauty for a soul mate. When the soul wants¦the soul waits¦

The soul needs beauty for a soul mate. When the soul wants¦the soul waits¦