Laboro Quotes & Sayings

We're off to see the Wizard — Danielle Paige

In laboring to be concise, I become obscure.
[Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.] — Horace

But is shame really the most useful tool to be employed in the reformation of mankind? Do people grow better through being belittled? Does fear educate? — Alain De Botton

If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men - and cowards. — Erwin Schrodinger

In traveling about the city that day, Dodd was struck anew by the "extraordinary" German penchant for Christmas display. He saw Christmas trees everywhere, in every public square and every window. "One might think," he wrote, "the Germans believed in Jesus or practiced his teachings! — Erik Larson

The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die. — Douglas Coupland

John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we're the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops. — Bill Richardson