Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

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Quotations about Work

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A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, s >>

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The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

Thoreau, Henry David