All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Quote by Aristotle

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then...

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to...

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to...