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William, Earl Of Stirling: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Recreations with the Muses. London. Fol. 1637. P. 7. He who binds His soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.— N. P. WILLIS — The Scholar of Thibèt

Ben Khorat. II. Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.— WORDSWORTH — Lines left upon a Seat

in a Yew-tree. L. Labour itself is but a sorrowful song, The protest of the weak against the strong.— F. W. FABER — The Sorrowful World.

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the right of labor to its own produce.— HENRY GEORGE — Progress and Poverty. Bk. VII. Ch. I.

How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease.— GOLDSMITH — The Deserted Village. L.99.

If little labour, little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines.— HERRICK — Hesperides. No Paines,

No Gaines. Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. X. L. 46.