Quote by Robert Herrick
If a little labor, little are our gains. Mans fortunes are accordi

If a little labor, little are our gains. Mans fortunes are according to his pains. – Robert Herrick

Other quotes by Robert Herrick

Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score;
Then to that twenty, add a hundred more:
A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on,
To make that thousand up a million.
Treble that million, and when that is done,
Lets kiss afresh, as when we first begun. – Robert Herrick

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Love :: Kisses
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And with our broth, and bread, and bits, sir friend,
Youve fared well : pray make an end ;
Two days youve larded here ; a third, ye know,
Makes guests and fish smell strong ; pray go – Robert Herrick

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Hospitality
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Labor
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It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keep us from rusting, and so becoming useless. – Charles Simmons

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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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People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. – Attributed to Albert Einstein

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Labor

“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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