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Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, read more
Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.
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.
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
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.
Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.
Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.
 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. 
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
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.