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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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I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will read more

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

by Benjamin Harrison Found in: Labor Quotes,
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living read more

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

by John D. Rockefeller Found in: Labor Quotes,
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I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]

I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]

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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.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Labor Quotes,
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For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that
treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is read more

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that
treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his
reward.

by Bible Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

by Sophocles Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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.

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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

by George Washington Found in: Labor Quotes,
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