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Labour Quotes - Page 2

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.

Henri Rousseau, Roger Shattuck, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) (1985). “Henri Rousseau: essays”, Museum of Modern Art ; Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

Karl Marx, Hugh Griffith, F. Engels (2009). “Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels”, p.97, Collector's Library

Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.1, ch.5.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.

Thomas Carlyle, G. B. Tennyson (1984). “Carlyle Reader”, p.90, CUP Archive

All labour is directed towards producing some effect.

Alfred Marshall (2010). “Principles of Economics”, p.65, Cosimo, Inc.

Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.

Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Socialism of My Conception”

The circulation of capital realizes value , while living labour creates value .

"Grundrisse". Book by Karl Marx, Notebook V, The Chapter on Capital, p. 463, 1857-1858.

When the labourer co-operates systematically with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.

Karl Marx, Samuel Moore, Edward Aveling, Friedrich Engels (2011). “Capital, Volume I: A Critique of Political Economy”, p.361, Courier Corporation

Since labour is motion, time is its natural measure.

Karl Marx (1973). “Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy”, Vintage Books USA

Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319