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occupations
«Agriculture for an honorable and highminded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living»
Author: Xenophon
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Art,
Living,
Meaning
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agriculture, best of all, high-minded, highminded, honorable, occupations, procure, procured, procures, procuring
«There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.»
«In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like a scatter of sparks from under the hooves of a galloping horse. The twin wheels turned and hummed. Binet was smiling, his chin down, his nostrils distended. He seemed lost in the kind of happiness which, as a rule, accompanies only those mediocre occupations that tickle the intelligence with easy difficulties, and satisfy it with a sense of achievement beyond which there is nothing left for dreams to feed on.»
Author: Gustave Flaubert
(Novelist)
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Mediocrity
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Binet, chin, chinned, chins, dark horse, Dark Room, distended, dust cloud, feed on, flew, gallop, galloped, galloping, gallops, hoofs, hooves, horse sense, nostril, nostrils, occupations, scatter, sparks, take it on the chin, There Is Nothing Left, The Dark Room, twin, wheels
«Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.»
Author: Marcel Proust
(Author, Novelist)
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affectionate, affirm, display, extraordinarily, In the Garden, occupations, perversities, perversity, suave, supple
«I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.»
«To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of the content.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
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condemn, delightful, irrespective, occupations, prizing, spontaneous, uncritical
«The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with the sword-hilt, whilst the habits of the camp were still visible in the port and complexion of the gentleman, his intellectual power culminated; the compression and tension of these stern conditions is a training for the finest and softest arts, and can rarely be compensated in tranquil times, except by some analogous vigor drawn from occupations as hardy as war.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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analogous, compensated, compression, culminate, culminated, culminates, culminating, Hardy, hilt, occupations, port, proximity, softest, tension, the Triumphs, tranquil, triumphs, vigor