It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.
—Pope Leo XIII, 1891
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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
—Théophile Gautier, c. 1835Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
—Theodore Roosevelt, 1903The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
—George Eliot, 1876Hang work! I wish that all the year were holiday; I am sure that Indolence—indefeasible Indolence—is the true state of man.
—Charles Lamb, 1805Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
—Ulysses S. Grant, 1877I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1889