The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. …

Mark Twain
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The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. ✨ Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews, p.517, University of Alabama Press
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