A Quote by Edward Carpenter
What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.
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When you labor for your brother you always get the chief reward yourself.
Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element.
Time is itself an element.
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