Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
Mark Twain · The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that…”
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Work
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Year
- 1876
- Chapter / part
- Chapter II
- Length
- 23 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #74
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Mark Twain died in 1910, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1876. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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