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Work is the purposeful application of effort, both physical and mental, towards achieving a specific goal or producing a valuable outcome. It's a fundamental pillar of human life because it provides not only sustenance and security, but also a sense of purpose, connection, and the fulfillment derived from contributing to something larger than oneself.
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# Work & Business
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Context: • Animals, The Flintstones, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (F)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (F)
“It's a living.”
— Unknown
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Context: • John Heywood, Proverbs, Part I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Haste makes waste.”
— Unknown
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Context: • The herd of hirelings. (A venal pack.)
• Plautus, Cistellaria, IV. 2. 67.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Plautus, Cistellaria, IV. 2. 67.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Grex venalium.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Do not wash bricks. (Waste your labor).
• Terence, Phormio, I, IV. 9. A Greek proverb.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Terence, Phormio, I, IV. 9. A Greek proverb.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Ne laterum laves.”
— Unknown
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Context: • He who labours, prays.
• Attr. to St. Augustine.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Attr. to St. Augustine.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Qui laborat, orat.”
— Unknown
# Work & Labor
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Context: • William Patten. Expedition into Scotland (1547). In Arber's Reprint of 1880.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Many hands make light work.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Stubborn labor conquers everything.
• Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), I. 145.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), I. 145.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Labor omnia vincit improbus.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Margaret Bourke-White, Portrait of Myself (1963), Ch. 30.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
“Work to me is a sacred thing.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I (1663-64), Canto I, line 204.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
“And still be doing, never done.”
— Unknown
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Context: • To carry timber into the wood.
• Horace, Satires, I. 10. 24.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Horace, Satires, I. 10. 24.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“In silvam ligna ferre.”
— Unknown
More Quotes
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Context: • Animals, The Flintstones, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (F)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (F)
“It's a living.”
— Unknown
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Context: • John Heywood, Proverbs, Part I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Haste makes waste.”
— Unknown
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Context: • The herd of hirelings. (A venal pack.)
• Plautus, Cistellaria, IV. 2. 67.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Plautus, Cistellaria, IV. 2. 67.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Grex venalium.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Do not wash bricks. (Waste your labor).
• Terence, Phormio, I, IV. 9. A Greek proverb.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Terence, Phormio, I, IV. 9. A Greek proverb.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Ne laterum laves.”
— Unknown
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Context: • He who labours, prays.
• Attr. to St. Augustine.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Attr. to St. Augustine.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Qui laborat, orat.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Patten. Expedition into Scotland (1547). In Arber's Reprint of 1880.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Many hands make light work.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Stubborn labor conquers everything.
• Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), I. 145.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), I. 145.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Labor omnia vincit improbus.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Margaret Bourke-White, Portrait of Myself (1963), Ch. 30.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
“Work to me is a sacred thing.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I (1663-64), Canto I, line 204.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (B)
“And still be doing, never done.”
— Unknown
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Context: • To carry timber into the wood.
• Horace, Satires, I. 10. 24.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Horace, Satires, I. 10. 24.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“In silvam ligna ferre.”
— Unknown
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Context: • I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.)
• Plautus, Pœnulus, I. 2. 119.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Plautus, Pœnulus, I. 2. 119.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Oleum et operam perdidi.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act IV, scene 2, line 201.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Another lean, unwashed artificer.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter 4.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Earned with the sweat of my brows.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Unravelling the web of Penelope.
• Cicero, Acad. Quæst, Book IV. 29. 95.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Cicero, Acad. Quæst, Book IV. 29. 95.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Penelopæ telam retexens.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Thomas Dekker, Patient Grissell (1599), Act I, scene 1.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Work" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 907-11.)
“Honest labour bears a lovely face.”
— Unknown
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