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No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Approximate author period: c. 1888 AD · industrial
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- Theodore Roosevelt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1888 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1858 to 1919; Wikidata Q33866, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33866 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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