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boxcorner · 02-02-2011, 04:55 AM

"If he had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, pages 23-24.

02-02-2011, 04:55 AM	#1170
boxcorner »(°±°)« Posts: 826 Karma: 775629 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: divisive reader	"If he had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do." The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, pages 23-24.