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    The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.

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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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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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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.

by John Florio Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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 Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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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Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Labor Quotes,
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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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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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