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Toil Quotes

Herman Melville quote: "Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a..."
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness. Herman Melville
Toil on, son, and do not lose heart or hope. Let nothing you dismay. You are not utterly forsaken. I, too, am here--here in the darkness waiting, here attentive, here approving of your labor and your dream. Thomas Wolfe
John Sterling quote: "Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough..."
Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. John Sterling
Hesiod quote: "Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. Hesiod
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end."
Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. H. P. Lovecraft
Titus Livius quote: "Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless..."
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. Titus Livius
In advance of the dogs, on wide snowshoes, toiled a man. At the rear of the sled toiled a second man. On the sled, in the box, lay a third man whose toil was over - a man whom the Wild had conquered and beaten down until he would never move nor struggle again. Jack London
The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process. Mary McCarthy
It seemed now as if, touched by human penitence and all its toil, divine goodness had parted the curtain and displayed behind it, single, distinct, the hare erect; the wave falling; the boat rocking, which did we deserve them, should be ours always. But alas, divine goodness, twitching the cord, draws the curtain; it does not please him; he covers his treasures in a drench of hail, and so breaks them, so confuses them that it seems impossible that their calm should ever return or that we... Virginia Woolf
Now he understood that a man never knows for whom he suffers and hopes. He suffers and hopes and toils for people he will never know, and who, in turn, will suffer and hope and toil for others who will not be happy either, for man always seeks a happiness far beyond that which is meted out to him. But man's greatness consists in the very fact of wanting to be better than he is. Alejo Carpentier
...his ardors and toils were in themselves self-remunerative. They were expressions of life, and life is always happy when it is expressing itself. Jack London
Simon Cameron: “I loved my brother, as only the poor and lonely can love those with whom they have toiled and struggled up the rugged hill of life’s success—but he died bravely in the discharge of his duty. Doris Kearns Goodwin
The heights achieved by men, and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upwards through the night Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The cabman looked at the pieces of silver, which, appearing very minute in his big, grimy palm, symbolised the insignificant results which reward the ambitious courage and toil of a mankind whose day is short on this earth of evil. Joseph Conrad
What you need Lois, is a man. All your artistic brilliance, wasted, toiling away in the sordid day-to-day of White’s little paper empire. Reporting on traffic mishaps. Domestic trifles. Wondering if you can afford a pair of shoes. Knowing you can’t afford the really good wines, the really exquisite things. That suit, for instance. Nice, but not the standard you’re used to.” “We’re not here to discuss my wardrobe.” “Or your writing career? How much have you gotten done, I mean, really done... C. J. Cherryh

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