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There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
"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."
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.]
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an
opportunity to do it, is the read more
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an
opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
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.
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
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For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,
And good-bye to the bar and its moaning.
The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his
price; that is to say, read more
The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his
price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of
his power.