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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.
'Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry,
As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.
'Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry,
As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.
Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands.
Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an
opportunity to do it, is the read more
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an
opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
Work thou for pleasure--paint or sing or carve
The thing thou lovest, though the body starve--
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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.