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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 do not like work even when someone else does it.
I do not like work even when someone else does it.
God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
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God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
Still some aim for the heart and the will
And the soul of a man to pursue.
With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
Dress the ground and till it;
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With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
Dress the ground and till it;
Turn in the little seed, brown and dry,
Turn out the golden millet.
Work, and your house shall be duly fed:
Work, and rest shall be won;
I hold that a man had better be dead
Than alive when his work is done.
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
I am nothing and to nothing tend,
On earth I nothing have and nothing claim,
Man's noblest read more
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.
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 preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.