Business before pleasure
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"Business before pleasure is always a good rule, whoever you are. Some day the rule shall be business with pleasure, for the joy of labor shall have been restored. Sit down."
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"Business before pleasure is always a good rule, whoever you are. Some day the rule shall be business with pleasure, for the joy of labor shall have been restored. Sit down."
From Literature
But at the last moment Willie failed them, and the only reason given, was the unsatisfactory one of “business before pleasure.”
From Project Gutenberg
But ‘business before pleasure,’ ye ken, mother; and nobody will miss me, I dare say.
From Project Gutenberg
Business before pleasure: one of our first inquiries was for a breakfast.
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