"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery." ― Maxim Gorky Topic(s): Work More From Maxim Gorky "Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children." "A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains." "Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is." More In Work "All the real work is done in the rehearsal period."― Donald Pleasence "I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things – to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal."― Miranda Lambert "Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound."― Walter Annenberg