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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By labor fire is got out of stone.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
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.
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased read more
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be read more
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real read more
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.
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.
