"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."

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"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."

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"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist."

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"Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point."

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"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

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"It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr."

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"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain."

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"The purpose of all wars, is peace."

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"We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot."

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"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels."

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"Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart."

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Exlpore more Labor quotes

"Labor gives birth to ideas."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

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"It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label."

Barack Obama, American President

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"Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first."

Brooks Atkinson, American Critic

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"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy?"

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

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"Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

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"Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s."

Linda Chavez, American Author

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"The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures."

Luc de Clapier, French Novelist

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"A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."

Grover Cleveland, American President

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"When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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