Industriousness
366. Industriousness
- ant works hard to prepare for winter while grasshopper plays. [Gk. Lit.: Aesop’s Fables, “The Ant and the Grasshopper”]
- beaver perpetually and eagerly active. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 192]
- bee proverbial busyness refers to ceaseless activity of worker bees. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 445]
- beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193]
- grindstone or grind common metaphor for industriousness. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]
- red clover symbolic of diligence. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 350]
- Saturday’s child works hard for his living. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 309]
- Stakhanov, Aleksey (1905— ) Russian worker who “over-achieved”; increased daily output enormously. [Russ. Hist.: NCE, 2606]
- third little pig builds his house of bricks while his two brothers fritter away their time. [Children’s Lit.: The Three Little Pigs ]
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