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The truth is, that our nature is essentially restless in its character: we very soon get tired of having nothing to do; it is intolerable boredom.
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To have no regular work, no set sphere of activity--what a miserable thing it is!
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There is a direct pleasure in seeing work grow under one's hands day by day, until at last it is finished.
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In old age it is indeed a consolation to think that the work of life is over and done with.