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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.]
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
of the equal right to the use read more
For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial
of the labor to its own produce.
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.
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.
To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.
To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.
Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.
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.