“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow”

“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow” is a jocular work saying that has been printed on many images. American humorist Don Herold (1889-1966) included the line in his “Everyday Wisdom” newspaper column on April 3, 1916.
 
   
Wikipedia: Don Herold
Don Herold (July 9, 1889 – June 1, 1966) was an American humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist who wrote and illustrated many books and was a contributor to national magazines. He was born in Bloomfield, Indiana to Otto F. Herold and Clara Dyer Herold. He graduated from high school in 1907 and went on to the Art Institute of Chicago until 1908 when he transferred to the Indiana University. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and in 1913 he graduated with an AB degree. He married Katherine Porter Brown on August 12, 1916, and they had two children; one of whom was the writer Doris Herold Lund. He lived in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s and New York City from 1940 to 1962. He died in Vero Beach, Florida.
 
3 April 1916, The Patriot (Harrisburg, PA), “Everyday Wisdom” by Don Herold, pg. 1, col. 1:
Work is the greatest thing in the world; so we should always save some of it for to-morrow.
   
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24 June 1916, California Fruit News, pg. 3, col. 3:
Work is the greatest thing in the world; so we should always save some of it for tomorrow. 
 
Chronicling America
16 June 1919, Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), “Their Favorite Jokes,” pg. 10, col. 4:
DON HEROLD, of Indianapolis, says he hasn’t any favorite joke, so compromises on a couple of aphorisms:
 
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
 
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The Modern Handbook of Humor
By Ralph Louis Woods
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
1967
Pg. 17:
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow. — Don Herold
 
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Money Talks:
The 2500 Greatest Business Quotes from Aristotle to DeLorean
By Robert Warren Kent
New York, NY: Pocket Books
1986, ©1985
Pg. 140:
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
Don Herold
 
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Business Wit & Wisdom
By Richard Zera
Washington, DC: Beard Books
2005
Pg. 281:
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow. —Don Herold
 
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Forbes Book of Quotations:
10,000 Thoughts on the Business of Life
Edited by Ted Goodman
New York, NY: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
2016
Pg. ?:
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
Don Herold
 
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