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Le travail mène à la richesse, Pauvres poètes, travaillons ! Le chenille en peinant sans cesse Devient le riche papillon.
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 11 of "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" (a collection of 18 poems), and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée (1911).
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Work leads to wealth, so we, poor poets, must work! The caterpillar by constant effort becomes the rich butterfly.
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