Quotes with labor-saving

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  • George Jean Nathan A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Lewis Mumford By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed.
    Lewis Mumford
    American social philosopher (1895 - 1990)
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  • Joseph Joubert Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Confucius Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Vauvenargues Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
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  • Aristotle The end of labor is to gain leisure.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Woodrow Wilson Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Horace You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Bailey Chase 'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
    Bailey Chase
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Victor Hugo A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • William Booth A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization.
    William Booth
    English Methodist preacher (1829 - 1912)
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  • William Faulkner A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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  • Lorrie Moore A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.
    Lorrie Moore
    American writer (1957 - )
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  • Alexander Pope A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Annie Dillard A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
    Annie Dillard
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Jacques Maritain A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.
    Jacques Maritain
    French Catholic philosopher (1882 - 1973)
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  • Thomas Jefferson A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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