It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. (Charles Baudelaire)

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Charles Baudelaire

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