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    I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who
    in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will
    fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if
    you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do,
    and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him
    entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.

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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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The fiction pleased; our generous train complies,
Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise.
The work she read more

The fiction pleased; our generous train complies,
Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise.
The work she plyed, but, studious of delay,
Each following night reversed the toils of day.

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Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.

Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.

by Plutarch Found in: Work Quotes,
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Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.

Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Work Quotes,
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I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for
hours. I love to keep read more

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for
hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it
nearly breaks my heart.

by Jerome K. Jerome Found in: Work Quotes,
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For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
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For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
And good-bye to the bar and its moaning.

by Charles Kingsley Found in: Work Quotes,
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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

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Work Quotes,
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When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

by John Ball Found in: Work Quotes,
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A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three read more

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

by Albert Camus Found in: Work Quotes,
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