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With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
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With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread.
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
All wealth is the product of labor.
All wealth is the product of labor.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go read more
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.
And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.
