I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes
first. . . . No longer diverted read more

I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes
first. . . . No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way
a cow grazes.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]

Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
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All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
And Winter, slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.