Hired/lessons

Famous quotes containing the words hired and/or lessons:

“There is no permanent class of hired laborers amongst us. Twenty five years ago, I was a hired laborer. The hired laborer of yesterday, labors on his own account today; and will hire others to labor for him tomorrow. Advancement—improvement in condition—is the order of things in a society of equals.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)