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Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.
Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss
and work twelve hours a read more
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss
and work twelve hours a day.
The rather since every man is the son of his own works.
[Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es read more
The rather since every man is the son of his own works.
[Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es hijo de sus obras.]
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.
Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve
The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--
Who read more
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.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years read more
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I
have no pleasure in them;
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not
darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the
strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because
they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
And still be doing, never done.
And still be doing, never done.