Nothing is to be got without pains except poverty

Similar English and Irish sayings:

There is nothing to be had without taking pains There is nothing to be had without taking pains
Pain is the price that God puts upon all things Pain is the price that God puts upon all things
Nothing in poverty so ill is borne as its exposing men to grinning scorn Nothing in poverty so ill is borne as its exposing men to grinning scorn

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