Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art. Under the Roman empire, the labour… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
When a language begins to teem with books, it is tending to refinement; as those who undertake to teach others must have… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Until now their line has been that the Tories are incapable of doing anything about poverty, and aren't interested in doing it… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
It is interesting to transport one's self back to the times when Astronomy began; to observe how discoveries were connected together, how… — Jean Sylvain Bailly Copy Share Image
I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights. — Gisela Stuart Copy Share Image
I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that… — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
The Tories are now the party of rural areas and Labour essentially is in the big cities — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that by its soundness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Making a cartoon occupied usually about three full days, two spent in labour and one in removing the appearance of labour. — David Low Copy Share Image
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
“To organize society in such a manner that every individual, man or woman, should find, upon entering life, approximately equal means for… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything seemed full of hope...… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Until recently baby production was largely dependent on slave labour; as soon as women are allowed to answer the question "Would you… — James Nicoll Copy Share Image
“Here, on a human face, appeared all the ruin following upon hopeless labour. Laveuve's unkempt beard straggled over his features, suggesting an… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend Him, as He is, is labour without end. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
“There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality… — Anne Campbell Copy Share Image
In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
