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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.

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The dog that trots about finds a bone.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

by George Henry Borrow Found in: Work Quotes,
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The rather since every man is the son of his own works.
[Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es read more

The rather since every man is the son of his own works.
[Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es hijo de sus obras.]

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Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

by Syrus (publilius Syrus) Found in: Work Quotes,
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O, how full of briers is this working-day world!

O, how full of briers is this working-day world!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Work Quotes,
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By the way,
The works of women are symbolical.
We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull out read more

By the way,
The works of women are symbolical.
We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull out sight,
Producing what? A pair of slippers, sir,
To put on when you're weary--or a stool
To tumble over and vex you . . . curse that stool!
Or else at best, a cushion where you lean
And sleep, and dream of something we are not,
But would be for your sake. Alas, alas!
This hurts most, this . . . that, after all, we are paid
The worth of our work, perhaps.

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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you
employed.
[Lat., Facito aliquid operis, read more

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you
employed.
[Lat., Facito aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat
occupatum.]

by St. John Honeywood Found in: Work Quotes,
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'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.

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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.

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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.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Work Quotes,
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