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“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of…

— Philip Ghezelbash

“At the climax of failure, at the moment when shame is about to do us in, suddenly we are swept away by a frenzy…

— Emil Cioran

“A pleasure that is ephemeral brings no true satisfaction to any man. How miserable must be the lives of those folk who labor so…

— Seneca

In working well, if travail you sustain, Into the wind shall lightly pass the pain; But of the deed the glory shall remain, And…

— Nicholas Grimald

“Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you…

— Padgett Powell

“Shame is the fruit of my vanities, and remorse, and the clearest knowledge of how the world's delight is a brief dream.”

— Petrarch

“Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not.…

— Charles Kingsley

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“After so much time spent in painful labor, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires was the most gratifying consummation of…

— Mary Shelley

“Never forget, that in pain lies gain; if we want early pleasure, we'll miss later treasure. Don't forget. Work hard!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Pain we surrender to God is not wasted but like labor pains it bears fruit and brings new life.”

— Barbara Hosbach

“it’s difficult to do productive work and fume simultaneously—the labor dissipates your righteous steam—so”

— Leif Enger