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John Locke:All wealth is the product of labor.


All wealth is the product of labor.
by John Locke


Victor Hugo:A man is not idle because he is


A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
by Victor Hugo


Cicero:If you pursue good with labor, the labor


If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
by Cicero


Grover Cleveland:A truly American sentiment


A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
by Grover Cleveland


Oliver Goldsmith:How blest is he who crowns, in


How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease.
by Oliver Goldsmith


Kin Hubbard:If capital and labor ever do get


If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.
by Kin Hubbard


Menander:The man who has the will to undergo all


The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.
by Menander


George Jean Nathan:A life spent in constant


A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
by George Jean Nathan


Robert Burton:Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a


Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
by Robert Burton


Lord Chesterfield:I am very sure that any man of


I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
by Lord Chesterfield


Akhenaton:As a camel beareth labor, and heat,


As a camel beareth labor, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.
by Akhenaton


Daniel Webster:Let us not forget that the


Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
by Daniel Webster


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