Labour

Famous quotes containing the word labour:

    “A bad book is as much of a labour to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    “What a vast traffic is drove, what a variety of labour is performed in the world to the maintenance of thousands of families that altogether depend on two silly if not odious customs; the taking of snuff and smoking of tobacco; both of which it is certain do infinitely more hurt than good to those that are addicted to them!”
    —Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)

    “They shift coffee-houses and chocolate-houses from hour to hour, to get over the insupportable labour of doing nothing.”
    —Richard Steele (1672–1729)