All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.

All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
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No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him: there is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hand of toil!

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a
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A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a
trial of which you can have no conception.

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.

I am nothing and to nothing tend,
On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,
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I am nothing and to nothing tend,
On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,
Man's noblest works must have one common end,
And nothing crown the tablet of his name.