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I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as
men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought
they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a
help and ornament thereunto.
Author: Francis Bacon
Source: Maxims of the Law (preface)
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Let a man practise the profession he best knows.
[Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]
Author: Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (I, 18)
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It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot
pregnant.
Author: Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
Source: Tusculanarum Disputationum (I, 18)
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The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I
were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I
could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Author: Douglas Jerrold
Source: Jerrold's Wit--Ugly Trades
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And sure the Eternal Master found
The single talent well employ'd.
Author: Samuel Johnson
Source: Verses on the On the Death of Mr. Robert Levet (st. 7)
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My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.
Author: Theodore John Kaczynski
Source: when asked in court what his current profession was
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Be not a jack of all trades, but a master of one.
Author: Proverb
Source: (Chinese)
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The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at V, i)
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All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Source: The Doctor's Dilemma
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Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at
their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius,
the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian,
filed needles.
Author: Jeremy Taylor
Source: Holy Living (ch. I, sec. I, Rules for Employing Our Time)
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