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Moliere

"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."

Moliere, French Playwright
Work, Virtue, Books, Day
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"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."

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"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher
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"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches."

Will Rogers, American Actor
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"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

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"It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media."

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"After an eight-hour day workers require three overtime hours to produce two regular hours of results."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown
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"Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown
Work, Boss, Success, Retirement, Life
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"A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on."

Marcel Proust, French Author
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"On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing."

Jean Stapleton, American Actress
Work, Beginning, Day, End
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"If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate."

Frank Stallone, American Actor
Work, Trying

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