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To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.364, GENERAL PRESS
To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.