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    Who first invented work, and bound the free
    And holyday-rejoicing spirit down . . .
    To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . .
    Sabbathless Satan!

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Nothing is impossible to industry.

Nothing is impossible to industry.

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The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.

The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent.

by Aboth, 2:15 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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Get leave to work
In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.

Get leave to work
In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.

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Unemployment, with its injustice for the man who seeks and
thirsts for employment, who begs for labour and cannot read more

Unemployment, with its injustice for the man who seeks and
thirsts for employment, who begs for labour and cannot get it,
and who is punished for failure he is not responsible for by the
starvation of his children--that torture is something that
private enterprise ought to remedy for its own sake.

by David Lloyd George Found in: Work Quotes,
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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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"Men work together," I told him from the heart,
"Whether they work together or apart."

"Men work together," I told him from the heart,
"Whether they work together or apart."

by Robert Lee Frost Found in: Work Quotes,
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
[Lat., Divisum sic breve fiet opus.]

Work divided is in that manner shortened.
[Lat., Divisum sic breve fiet opus.]

by Marcus Valerius Martial Found in: Work Quotes,
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Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

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