Maxim for September 10, 2007

“Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.”

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In Praise of Idleness

Bertrand Russell

British Mathematician and Philosopher

1872 – 1970


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