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.
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Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.
Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.
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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, rough hands.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]
He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]
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.
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.
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.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
