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Quotation from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

“Work consists of whatever a body is _obliged_ to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do”

Mark Twain (spoken by Narrator)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ch. 2 (1876 text)

Portrait of Mark Twain

Twain's mock-philosophical conclusion to the fence episode.

Citation: "Work consists of whatever a body is _obliged_ to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do" — Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ch. 2 (1876 text). (id the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-q3)

Portrait: MarkTwain.LOC, Unknown author, Public domain.

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