Forced Labour

Famous quotes containing the words forced and/or labour:

“The intellect of man is forced to choose
Perfection of the life, or of the work,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)