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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.
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.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat read more
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
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.]
