休まず遅れず働かず

Reading
やすまずおくれずはたらかず
English
Don't take vacation, don't be late, and don't try
Notes
The civil servant's 'motto': don't take vacation休, don't be late遅, and don't work働, because if you do a bad job, you're punished, and if you do a good job, there's no reward anyway
Origin
明治
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