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Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.

— Virgil Georgics (-29)

Labor omnia vicit
improbus et duris urgens in rebus egestas.

Original text (Latin)

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Notes from Wikiquote

Compare: Labor omnia vincit ("Work conquers all"), the state motto of Oklahoma.

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