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    Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare
    it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done
    one's best.
    [Ger., So eine Arbeit wird eigentlich nie fertig; man muss sie
    fur fertig erklaren, wenn man nach Zeit und Umstand das
    Moglichste getan hat.]

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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty
times upon the anvil.
[Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, read more

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty
times upon the anvil.
[Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage,
Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]

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May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is read more

May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman

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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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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

by Vince Lombardi Found in: Work Quotes,
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Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is
eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself.

Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is
eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Work Quotes,
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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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But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in,
And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,
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But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in,
And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,
Then is the day of crumbling not far off.

by Sir William Watson (2) Found in: Work Quotes,
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I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for read more

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Work Quotes,
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When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?

by John Ball Found in: Work Quotes,
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