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Dignity of work2 quotes
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1840All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god. — Thomas Carlyle · 1843Work2 quotes
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1840All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god. — Thomas Carlyle · 1843Idleness1 quote
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god. — Thomas Carlyle · 1843