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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.
The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
[Ger., Der Mohr hat seine Arbeit gethan, der Mohr read more
The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
[Ger., Der Mohr hat seine Arbeit gethan, der Mohr kann gehen.]
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve
The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--
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Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve
The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--
Who works for glory misses oft the goal;
Who works for money coins his very soul.
Work for the work's sake, then, and it may be
That these things shall be added unto thee.
For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
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For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
And good-bye to the bar and its moaning.
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.
What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.
I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who
in his own selfish affairs is read more
I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who
in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will
fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if
you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do,
and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him
entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.
And still be doing, never done.
And still be doing, never done.
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not read more
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.