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I think that there is nothing not even crime more opposed to poetry to philosophy ay to life itself than this incessant business.

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What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.

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It is not enough to be busy so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

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Beware all enterprises that require new clothes.

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Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

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You shall see rude and sturdy, experienced and wise men, keeping their castles, or teaming up their summer’s wood, or chopping alone in the woods, men...more

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If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for...more

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Thu luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.

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Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coa...more