People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have …

Herman Melville
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People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day's work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably -why, then I don't think I deserve any reward for my hard day's work -for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good? ✨ Herman Melville (1967). Moby-Dick: An authoritative text, W. W. Norton & Company
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