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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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Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.

Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.

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Another lean unwashed artificer
Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.

Another lean unwashed artificer
Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Work Quotes,
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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Work Quotes,
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Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
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Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done.

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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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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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Work is love made visible.

Work is love made visible.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Work Quotes,
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I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money read more

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

by Oseph Campbell Found in: Work Quotes,
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The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

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