Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They l… — Quoted

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“Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade.”

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John Ruskin

It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

Nature

John Ruskin

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.

Truth

John Ruskin

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Experience

John Ruskin

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

Education