Occupation Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Occupation


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. Bacon—Maxims of the Law. Preface.	1
Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat. Let a man practise the profession which he best knows. Cicero—Tusculanarum Disputationum. I. 18.	2
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. Douglas Jerrold—Jerrold’s Wit. Ugly Trades.	3
And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ’d. Samuel Johnson—On the Death of Robert Levet. St. 7.	4
The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense. Hamlet. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 77.	5
Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Æropus, a Macedonian king, made lanterns; Harcatius, the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian, filed needles. Jeremy Taylor—Holy Living. Ch. I. Sec. I. Rides far Employing Our Time.	6