Social Commentaries
Laborious Writers
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Those get the least that take the greatest pains,
But most of all i' th' drudgery of the brains,
A natural sign of weakness, as an ant
Is more laborious than an elephant;
And children are more busy at their play,
Than those that wiseliest pass their time away.
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