Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Labor ipse voluptas—Labour itself is a pleasure. M.

Labor omnia vincit / Improbus, et duris urgens in rebus egestas—Persevering labour overcomes all difficulties, and want that urges us on in the pressure of things. Virg.

Laborare est orare—Work is worship (lit. to 25 labour is to pray). Monkish Pr.

Labore—By labour. M.

Labore et honore—By labour and honour. M.

Labore vinces—By labour you will conquer. M.

Laborum dulce lenimen—The sweet soother of my toils. Hor. to his lyre.

Labour bestowed on nothing is fruitless. Hitopadesa. 30

Labour endears rest, and both together are absolutely necessary for the proper enjoyment of human existence. Burns.

Labour for labour's sake is against nature. Locke.