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Quote by Charles Baudelaire
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from de

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. – Charles Baudelaire

Other quotes by Charles Baudelaire

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present. – Charles Baudelaire

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Beauty
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Charles Baudelaire
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I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial. – Charles Baudelaire

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Nature
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Charles Baudelaire
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Labor
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People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. – Attributed to Albert Einstein

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Labor

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson

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Labor

The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. – Jim Rohn

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Labor

“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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Labor

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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages. – James Madison

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best

Just as important as having a list of priorities is every once in a while starting from the bottom. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Perspective

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys. – Amiel, Journal, 1884

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I prefer the word homemaker, because housewife always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. – Bella Abzug

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