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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All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real...

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real...

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind...

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind...

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.

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only...

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

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...

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

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...

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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...

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes....

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes....

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...