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“No man is born into the world, whose work
Is not born with him; there is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will:
And blessèd are the horny hands of toil!”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
“There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
“There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)