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Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for
hours. I love to keep read more
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for
hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it
nearly breaks my heart.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed.
The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
Another lean unwashed artificer
Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.
Another lean unwashed artificer
Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.
A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a
trial of which you read more
A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a
trial of which you can have no conception.
When Darby saw the setting sun
He swung his scythe, and home he run,
Sat down, drank read more
When Darby saw the setting sun
He swung his scythe, and home he run,
Sat down, drank off his quart and said,
"My work is done, I'll go to bed."
"My work is done!" retorted Joan,
"My work is done! Your constant tone,
But hapless woman ne'er can say
'My work is done' till judgment day."
Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
