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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.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection read more
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past
labors is pleasant."
[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male
Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc
versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go read more
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!
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.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
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.
Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.
Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
