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Work Quotes by Samuel Butler
- Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
- God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
- Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are…
- Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
- Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries…
- I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach