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 Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
 [Lat., Ne laterum laves.]  
 Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
 [Lat., Ne laterum laves.] 
 Tools were made and born with hands,
 Every farmer understands.  
 Tools were made and born with hands,
 Every farmer understands. 
People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.
People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.
 To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To 
destroy can be the thoughtless read more 
 To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To 
destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. 
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.
 The Lord had a job for me, but I had so much to do,
 I said, "You get somebody read more 
 The Lord had a job for me, but I had so much to do,
 I said, "You get somebody else--or wait till I get through."
  I don't know how the Lord came out, but He seemed to get along:
   But I felt kinda sneakin' like, 'cause I know'd I done Him wrong.
    One day I needed the Lord--Needed Him myself--needed Him right 
away,
     And He never answered me at all, but I could hear Him say
      Down in my accusin' heart, "Nigger, I'se got too much to do,
       You get somebody else or wait till I get through." 
 The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.
 He shall fulfill God's utmost will, read more 
 The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.
 He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing His desire,
  And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise,
   And give the gale his reckless sail in shadow of new skies.
    Strong lust of gear shall drive him out and hunger arm his hand,
     To wring his food from a desert nude, his foothold from the sand. 
 Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare 
it so when, according to time and circumstances, one read more 
 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.] 
 A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a 
trial of which you read more 
 A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a 
trial of which you can have no conception.