Famous quotes containing the word earn:
“The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate,
envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content
with my harm.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
““Only the wasteful virtues earn the sun....”
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)