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“I have no more than twenty acres of ground,” he replied, “the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils – boredom, vice, and want.” – Voltaire

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Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful. – Alice Walker

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Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. – Thomas Jefferson

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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. – Luc De Clapiers

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I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management. – Jean Giraudoux

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The people are to be taken in small doses. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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