“ The only real unhappy one Is he who dares to shirk; The only really happy one Is he who cares to work. ”
L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz (1909). copy citation
| Author | L. Frank Baum |
|---|---|
| Source | The Road to Oz |
| Topic | work care |
| Date | 1909 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26624/26624-h/26624-h.htm |
Context
“The man hummed a little song as he worked, and Dorothy tried to listen to it. She thought the words were something like these:
The only way to do a thing
Is do it when you can,
And do it cheerfully, and sing
And work and think and plan.
The only real unhappy one
Is he who dares to shirk;
The only really happy one
Is he who cares to work.
Whatever Johnny Dooit was singing he was certainly doing things, and they all stood by and watched him in amazement.
He seized an axe and in a couple of chops felled a tree. Next he took a saw and in a few minutes sawed the tree-trunk into broad long boards.”
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