"Nothing should be made by man's labour which……" — William Morris
"Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers."
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26 Quotes by William Morris
William Morris has 26 quotes on this site.
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I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got…
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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
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I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
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The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are…
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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
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So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the…
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The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?
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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it,…
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I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for…
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A good way to rid one's self of a sense of discomfort is to do something. That uneasy, dissatisfied feeling…
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More Degrading Quotes
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one of 112 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later…
— Barbara Cartland
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Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots cause it's okay to be a boy.…
— Madonna Ciccone
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All nations are degrading and consuming their environment to a point beyond capacity. In the past 15 years in the…
— Gaylord Nelson
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The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and…
— Arthur W. Pink
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It is better to give love. Hatred is a low and degrading motion and is so poisonous that no man…
— Thomas Dreier
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Our enemies didn't adhere to the Geneva Convention. Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and…
— John McCain
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I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the…
— Mark Twain
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It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain…
— Unknown Author
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Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that…
— Carlton J. H. Hayes
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We live in the digital age and, unfortunately, it’s degrading our music, not improving it It’s not that digital is…
— Neil Young
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We live in the digital age, and unfortunately it's degrading our music, not improving.
— Neil Young
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Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business…
— Ron Paul
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