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Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is t

Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. – Henry van Dyke

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God sells us all things at the price of labor. – Leonardo da Vinci

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The end of labor is to gain leisure. – Aristotle

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Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – Adam Smith

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There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers. – H.M. Tomlinson

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