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Homer on Work

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“Light is the task when many share the toil.”
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“Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.”
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“Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.”
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“To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.”
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“To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.”
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“The fiction pleased; our generous train complies, Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise. The work she plyed, but, studious of delay, Each following night reversed the toils of day.”
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