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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.
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's best friends are his ten fingers.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed read more
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.
Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor
Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor
If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
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.
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.
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
