Dante Alighieri Quotes, Life Quotes, Work Quotes

The purpose of the whole [the Comedy] and of this portion [the Paradiso] is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness.

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Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

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I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

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Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

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You work that you may keep peace with the earth and the soul of the earth.

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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

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Art is the path of the creator to his work.

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The machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along with allwork that is not done by a machine--which is to say, its little bit of humanity.

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No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

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The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

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Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs.

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The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.

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You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the correct formulation of a problem. Only the second is required of the artist.

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As you work, the mood grows on you. There are certain images which suddenly get hold of me and I really want to do them. But it's true to say that the excitement and possibilities are in the working and obviously can only come in the working.

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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

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The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

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We're getting rid of the D [in PTSD]. PTS is an injury; it's not a disorder. The problem is when you call it a disorder, [veterans] don't think they can be treated. An employer says, 'I don't want to hire somebody with a disorder.

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Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

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Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

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I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes; when they are in great danger I recover them.

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