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Labor omnia vincit

“Work conquers all”

LABOR · OMNIA · VINCIT

Adapted: a later form of a classical line

after Vergil, Georgics 1.145–146

labor omnia vīcit / improbus

Vergil wrote the perfect, 'relentless work conquered all', of how men tamed the land after the golden age.

Word by word

  1. Laborlabor -ōris m.toil, exertionsg. nom.
  2. omniaomnis -eall, every, as a wholepl. nom. n.
  3. vincitvincō -ereconquer3rd sg. pres. act. ind.

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Quick answers

What does “Labor omnia vincit” mean?
“Labor omnia vincit” means “Work conquers all”. Vergil wrote the perfect, 'relentless work conquered all', of how men tamed the land after the golden age.
Who said “Labor omnia vincit”?
after Vergil, Georgics 1.145–146, where the Latin reads “labor omnia vīcit / improbus”.

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