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    Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.

by Benjamin Harrison Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.]

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Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.

Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.

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Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

by Sophocles Found in: Labor Quotes,
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There is no real wealth but the labor of man.

There is no real wealth but the labor of man.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.

by John Florio Found in: Labor Quotes,
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A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

by Robert Collyer Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Labor Quotes,
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