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When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.
When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will read more
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat read more
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Without labor nothing prospers.
Without labor nothing prospers.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.