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Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
Man is born to work and prosper and not to rest and rust.
'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.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it,
and finds himself no wiser than before. read more
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it,
and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous
resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by
their ignorance the hard way.
The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn't been planned,
The highest peak hasn't read more
The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn't been planned,
The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,
The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;
Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted,
The chances have just begun
For the best jobs haven't been started,
The best work hasn't been done.
