Quote#Work
Though we all day with care our work attend
Quote byMary Collier · 1688–1762
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Woman’s Labour (1739).
English (original)
Though we all day with care our work attend, Such is our fate, we know when ’twill end. When evening’s come, you homeward take your way. We, till our work is done, are forced to stay
— Mary Collier
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