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    With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
    Dress the ground and till it;
    Turn in the little seed, brown and dry,
    Turn out the golden millet.
    Work, and your house shall be duly fed:
    Work, and rest shall be won;
    I hold that a man had better be dead
    Than alive when his work is done.

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Nothing will work unless you do.

Nothing will work unless you do.

by Maya Angelou Found in: Work Quotes,
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I do not like work even when someone else does it.

I do not like work even when someone else does it.

by Mark Twain Found in: Work Quotes,
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'Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry,
As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.

'Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry,
As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.

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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty
times upon the anvil.
[Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, read more

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty
times upon the anvil.
[Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage,
Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]

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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Work Quotes,
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When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

by John Ball Found in: Work Quotes,
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Light is the task when many share the toil.

Light is the task when many share the toil.

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Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Work Quotes,
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Let us take to our hearts a lesson--
No lesson could braver be--
From the ways of read more

Let us take to our hearts a lesson--
No lesson could braver be--
From the ways of the tapestry weavers
On the other side of the sea.

by Anson G. Chester Found in: Work Quotes,
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