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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,
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
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.
It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be read more
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
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.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.
Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.
