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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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...

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on...

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on...

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out...

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out...

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

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...

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place,...

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place,...

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

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 first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

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...

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that...

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that...