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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

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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

Category:
Love :: Kisses
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Robert Herrick
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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

Category:
Hospitality
Author
Robert Herrick
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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. – Robert Herrick

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Happiness
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Robert Herrick
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Other Quotes from
Labor
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Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man. – Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Labor

Life gives nothing to man without labor. – Horace

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Labor

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. – Will Rogers

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Labor

Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical. – Thomas Jefferson, 1787

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Labor

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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize until you have tried to make it precise. – Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism

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Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. – Les Brown

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