Famous quotes containing the word labour:
“The gates of Hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But, to return, and view the cheerful skies;
In this, the task and mighty labour lies.”
—Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (7019 B.C.)
“Value is the life-giving power of anything; cost, the quantity of labour required to produce it; its price, the quantity of labour which its possessor will take in exchange for it.”
—John Ruskin (18191900)
“all her labour was but as a block
Left in the quarry;”
—Alfred Tennyson (18091892)
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