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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living read more

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

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.