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By labor fire is got out of stone.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
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.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better read more
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
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.
When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.
When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.
He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]
He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]
