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Work Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his…
- When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the…
- Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native…
- When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it…
- The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you.
- The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one…
- When, after having read a work, loftier thoughts arise in your mind and noble and heartfelt feelings animate you, do not look for any other…
- It is not so easy to obtain a reputation by a perfect work as to enhance the value of an indifferent one by a reputation…
- There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach