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Play Quotes by Mark Twain
- That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.
- I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an unsuspected yearning to…
- One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair…
- What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
- The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all.
- Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
- It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out…
- What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. . .…
- A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.
- Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
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