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    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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Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Labor Quotes,
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They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
- Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
- Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),

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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Labor Quotes,
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

by Martin Luther King, Jr. Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.

by Will Carleton Found in: Labor Quotes,
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By labor fire is got out of stone.

By labor fire is got out of stone.

by Dutch Proverb Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.

Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.

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Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

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Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

by Alexander Crummell Found in: Labor Quotes,
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