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    Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you
    employed.
    [Lat., Facito aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat
    occupatum.]

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How many a rustic Milton has passed by,
Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,
In unremitting read more

How many a rustic Milton has passed by,
Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,
In unremitting drudgery and care!
How many a vulgar Cato has compelled
His energies, no longer tameless then,
To mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Work Quotes,
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Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
By the dirty pen,
What we can we will be,
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Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
By the dirty pen,
What we can we will be,
Honest Englishmen.
Do the work that's nearest
Though it's dull at whiles,
Helping, when we meet them,
Lame dogs over stiles.

by Charles Kingsley Found in: Work Quotes,
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Handle your tools without mittens.

Handle your tools without mittens.

by Benjamin Franklin 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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The work under our labour grows
Luxurious by restraint.

The work under our labour grows
Luxurious by restraint.

by John Milton Found in: Work Quotes,
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My work is a game, a very serious game.

My work is a game, a very serious game.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Work Quotes,
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I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for read more

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Work Quotes,
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I have had my labor for my travail; ill-thought-on of her, and
ill-thought-on of you; gone between and between, read more

I have had my labor for my travail; ill-thought-on of her, and
ill-thought-on of you; gone between and between, but small thanks
for my labor.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Work Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Frost Found in: Work Quotes,
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