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Honesty is a commanding force that keeps the economy in order, not a disturbance to it
Drawn from what John Ruskin said
What John Ruskin actually said
- John Ruskin English art critic and social thinker (1819 to 1900)
Honesty is not a disturbing force, which deranges the orbits of economy; but a consistent and commanding force, by obedience to which—and by no other obedience—those orbits can continue clear of chaos.
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