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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.
Too long, that some may rest,
Tired millions toil unblest.
Too long, that some may rest,
Tired millions toil unblest.
Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands.
Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands.
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
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.
Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.
Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting
solidity or exactness of beauty.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
He that well his warke beginneth
The rather a good ende he winneth.
He that well his warke beginneth
The rather a good ende he winneth.