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    Who first invented work, and bound the free
    And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
    To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . .
    Sabbathless Satan!

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Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession
until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a read more

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession
until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double
allowance.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Work Quotes,
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May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is read more

May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman

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Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
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Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done.

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All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

by Paul Laurence Dunbar Found in: Work Quotes,
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No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
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No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hand of toil!

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Work Quotes,
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The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.

The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.

by Aboth, 2:15 Found in: Work Quotes,
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But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in,
And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,
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But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in,
And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,
Then is the day of crumbling not far off.

by Sir William Watson (2) Found in: Work Quotes,
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I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

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Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Work Quotes,
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