““When will they fight?” I asked.
“Tomorrow. Daybreak. It is man’s work.”
I laughed. “I too have fought and killed, Kotta. It is the work of fools, not men.””
Book Three, Part I “Snake’s Road”, Chapter 3 (p. 333)
The Birthgrave (1975)
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The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of love. Nor is it the petty reckoning of a small tradesman: Give me and I shall give you.
My prayer is the report of a soldier to his general: This is what I did today, this is how I fought to save the entire battle in my own sector, these are the obstacles I encountered, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow.
Source: Just Folks (1917), The Truth About Envy, third and last stanzas.
“I suppose you have work tomorrow? That's quite sad, really.”
live in Claremont, CA (1997)[citation needed]
In Concert
Speech at the Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, Massachusetts (7 June 1945), quoted in The Last Days of Patton (1981), p. 85, by Ladislas Farago and The Patton Papers: 1940-1945 (1974), p. 721, edited by Martin Blumenson.
Source: A Dream of John Ball (1886), Ch. 4: The Voice of John Ball
“Oh, it was work and no fooling. I enjoyed it very much, because I didn’t have to do it.”
The Knights of Arthur (p. 398)
Platinum Pohl (2005)
As quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982).
“Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work; I merely inflict myself upon the public.”
Films and Filming vol. 8 (1961)
1910s, The New Nationalism (1910)