Source: The Theory of Political Economy (1871), Chapter VII, Theory of Capital, p. 190.
“Whether I pound or am being pounded,
all the same there will be moaning!”
Peer Gynt, declaring that no matter what he does, it is not what people want, Act I, Scene I
Peer Gynt (1867)
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Om jeg hamrer eller hamres, ligefuldt så skal der jamres!
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