To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for…

Oscar Wilde
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To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still. ✨ Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays, p.364, GENERAL PRESS
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To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still. ✨ Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays, p.364, GENERAL PRESS

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