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    Why, universal plodding poisons up
    The nimble spirits in the arteries,
    As motion and long-during action tires
    The sinewy vigor of the traveller.

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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.]

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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 uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the
incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in read more

The uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the
incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in political, and
in professional life, if as a matter of course, men stopped work
at this age.

by William Osler Found in: Work Quotes,
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And still be doing, never done.

And still be doing, never done.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Work Quotes,
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Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

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The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

by Ronald Reagan Found in: Work Quotes,
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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.

by Francesca Reigler Found in: Work Quotes,
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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
[Fr., Le fruit du travail est le plus doux read more

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
[Fr., Le fruit du travail est le plus doux des plaisirs.]

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I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes
first. . . . No longer diverted read more

I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes
first. . . . No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way
a cow grazes.

by Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz Found in: Work Quotes,
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