There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

Quote by John Ruskin

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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...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the...

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the...

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

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 know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the...

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

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.

There is no wealth but life.

There is no wealth but life.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

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.

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

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

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that...

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done...

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...