Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.


Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments (ed. 1839)


Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.