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In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be past,
That I may give read more
In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.
- Isaac Watts,
As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
Better to wear out than to rust out.
Better to wear out than to rust out.
Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.
Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.
And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall
blame;
And no one shall work read more
And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall
blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame;
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate
star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They
Are!
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.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
