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«To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause [the] humble labors of the family and school to be still more undervalued and shunned.»
«Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.»
«Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established.»
«One cannot properly appreciate the human realities so long as one labors under the adolescent delusion that people get the fates they deserve»
«The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others»
Author: Saint John Chrysostom | About: Animals | Keywords: animals, bee, honored, labors
«The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.»
«Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.»
«There are one-story intellects, two-story intellects, and three-story intellects with skylights. All fact collectors with no aim beyond their facts are one-story men. Two-story men compare reason and generalize, using labors of the fact collectors»
«The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Disease, Faith | Keywords: labors
«The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it»

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