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“I have no more than twenty acres of ground,” he replied, “the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils – boredom, vice, and want.” – Voltaire

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Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. – Thomas Carlyle

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Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. – Thomas Jefferson

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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles

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To labor is to pray. – Motto of the Benedictines

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