I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. From LearnThat.org. [Winston Churchill (1874-1965)]
Spare the vain toil to cheat a troubled conscience. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
The best of nights and days of toil is that there comes a twilight in which fatigued eyes see clear. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
Work songs of all kinds sustained the rhythm of the hand in toil, while the mind escaped on the wing of romance. From Wordnik.com. [Folk Songs of French Canada] Reference
BUT THEN, it happens, we make the cheesecake – all the ingredients come together and in the midst of toil is perfection!. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » It’s all about the cheesecake] Reference
Therefore in addition to adequate wages, Labor demands a fair share of the profits resulting from the industry, its toil is aiding to develop. From Wordnik.com. [Brain, Brawn, Capital] Reference
You know what that sum really means in toil and effort and work; work, here, there and everywhere on every farm right over this great country. From Wordnik.com. [Our MissionSound Public Finance] Reference
It took us, after his arrival, twenty-eight days to accomplish the twenty-eight hours of express between Cannes and Trieste in toil, anguish, and anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
Their toil is a socially sanctioned avoidance of social contact. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
"I winna mak a toil o 'a pleasure," quo 'the man when he buried his wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
Labour is more than work, for it includes the notion of toil, fatigue, difficulty, persistence, antagonism. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.] Reference
It is a form of "travail" -- excessive labor; and, as Skeat observes, it forcibly recalls the toil of travel in olden days. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasures of Life] Reference
The fruit of their toil is a nearly 4,000-page tome in two volumes presented Thursday, with yet another to come out next year. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Some writers speak of a virtuous life as an uninterrupted prayer, and appeal to the adage "to toil is to pray" (laborare est orare). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
The feet, the feet were beautiful on the mountains; their toil was the price of all communication, and their reward the first service and refreshment. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of Place and Other Essays] Reference
The pilgrims’ sickness and toil is depicted with somber colors, and daily life is illustrated with bright oranges and yellows typical of a fall celebration. From Wordnik.com. [This is the Feast (copy)] Reference
What devouring kind of toil could have so shriveled him?. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
This is the notion of hypothesis which Russell contrasts with construction in the famous passage about theft and honest toil which is quoted above. From Wordnik.com. [Logical Constructions] Reference
And their very toil is pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
The golden days one wastes in toil. From Wordnik.com. [Maxims and Light Verse] Reference
When he had scouted the idea of that kind of toil, he took another tack. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference
She was tall and straight, still unbent by that toil which is the portion of the female. From Wordnik.com. [Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories] Reference
Invariably, though, the snapshot of success is preceded by the kind of toil that is quickly forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
But let me not speak of "toil" as if I sighed over a hard lot, or wished to suffer less on your behalf. From Wordnik.com. [Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians] Reference
They are polished and sweet, but it is the sweetness of sugar, and not such as toil gives to sour bread. From Wordnik.com. [A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers] Reference
"Thou art ever prudent," said the King, "but surely your toil is the less when you have so few men to command?. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
"There ends that fair life of mine, the daily sacrifice, the unrecognized silkworm's toil, that is, perhaps, its own sole recompense. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Skin] Reference
“There ends that fair life of mine, the daily sacrifice, the unrecognized silkworm’s toil, that is, perhaps, its own sole recompense. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Skin] Reference
When he says he can't offer anything but blood, toil, sweat and tears, these are wonderful words. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons In History] Reference
Germans (and some Scandinavians) toil even fewer hours than the French, and their manufacturing workers earn far more. From Wordnik.com. [While The Sun Shines] Reference
And while workers still toil there to build Ford Mustangs, their surroundings are bleak and, at times, even dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Growing A Green Plant] Reference
Sarah SchaferAntwerp, Belgium: Beyond FashionHaider Ackerman used to toil at one of those typical starving-artist jobs. From Wordnik.com. [The World's New Culture Meccas] Reference
For all his toil and anguish at the peace summit last month, Ehud Barak may be looking back on Camp David as a vacation. From Wordnik.com. [Smiling Through A Troubling Season] Reference
Tread cautiously: If all this sounds appealing, how does the average consumer avoid double toil and trouble getting started?. From Wordnik.com. [It Can Rom, But It Can't Hide] Reference
Nestled away in England's bleak industrial Midlands, General Motors car designers toil in obscurity in a nondescript studio. From Wordnik.com. [BRITISH INVASION] Reference
Let me inform you that the Chinese did not come here to work in sugar fields; immigrants from India were recruited to toil in those. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
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