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Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.


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TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIAN The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habit...
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THOMAS ALVA EDISON This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
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ALEXANDER CHASE A man's character is his fate.
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GEORGE ORWELL If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a cr...
GEORGE ORWELL When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
GEORGE ORWELL Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exha...
GEORGE ORWELL Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.
GEORGE ORWELL