The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing …

Mark Twain
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The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, too. ✨ Mark Twain, Bernard L. Stein (1983). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, p.279, Univ of California Press
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