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Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Kahlil Gibran
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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