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The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn't been planned,
The highest peak hasn't read more
The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn't been planned,
The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,
The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;
Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted,
The chances have just begun
For the best jobs haven't been started,
The best work hasn't been done.
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.]
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three read more
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
How bething the, gentliman,
How Adam dalf, and Eve span.
How bething the, gentliman,
How Adam dalf, and Eve span.
All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
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All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
And Winter, slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.
Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.
When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?
When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
