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Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection read more
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past
labors is pleasant."
[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male
Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc
versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
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.
What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less read more
What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures,
Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those
who take the credit. Try to read more
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those
who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less
competition there.
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.]