I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man ha…

William Shakespeare
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I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with my harm. ✨ 'As You Like It' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [78]
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