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.

Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.

Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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.

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.

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.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

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.

By labor fire is got out of stone.

By labor fire is got out of stone.