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    Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare
    it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done
    one's best.
    [Ger., So eine Arbeit wird eigentlich nie fertig; man muss sie
    fur fertig erklaren, wenn man nach Zeit und Umstand das
    Moglichste getan hat.]

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With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
Dress the ground and till it;
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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.

by Alice Cary Found in: Work Quotes,
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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

by John Heywood Found in: Luck Quotes, Work Quotes,
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Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.

Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.

by Plutarch Found in: Work Quotes,
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I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have read more

I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have to take driver's ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it.

by Fiona Apple Found in: Work Quotes,
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Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands.

Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands.

by William Blake Found in: Work Quotes,
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Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.

Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Work Quotes,
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I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.

I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.

by Robert Irvine Found in: Work Quotes,
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And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels
are on their side:
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And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels
are on their side:
They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the
Mercies multiplied;
They sit at the Feet, they hear the Word, they see how truly the
Promise runs;
They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and--the Lord He lays
it on Martha's sons!

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Work Quotes,
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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

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