Quotation by

John Ruskin

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

Work

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

John Ruskin is saying that people survive and thrive by creating goods and services through their labor, not merely by buying and selling what others have made. The real value and sustenance come from the act of working and producing, rather than from trading those products alone.

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