 The law of nature is, that a certain quantity of work is necessary to produce a certain quantity of good, of any kind whatever. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it.  John Ruskin: A Study - Page 80by Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1921 - 690 pages
...Secretary National Council of Education, 200 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC IF YOU want knowledge, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it. Toil is the law. Pleasure comes through toil, an'd not by selfindulgence and indolence. When one gets... | |
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...things which it cannot. —Henry Ward Beecher If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if good, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it. Toil Is the law. Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self-indulgence and indolence. When one gets... | |
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...Bremner 35) An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. -Henry Home 36) If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food,...toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it. Toil is the law. Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self-indulgence and indolence. When one gets... | |
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...inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. If you don't crack the shell, you can't eat the nut. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food,...toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it; toil is the law. Success depends on the proper functioning of the glands, especially the sweat glands.... | |
 | 1905 - 542 pages
...expensive. Its liability to contamination always carries with it a considerable element of danger." TIIK law of nature is that a certain quantity of work is...knowledge, and food, and pleasure for nothing, and in (his effort they either fail of getting them, and remain ignorant and miserable, or they obtain them... | |
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...our best efforts to our readers. We anticipate that our fourteenth volume will excel all the others. The law of nature is that a certain quantity of work...toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it. — RUSKIN. Beyond all wealth, honor, or even health is the attachment we form to noble souls, because... | |
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