Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Work
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People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.
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If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
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We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
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My inquiries into physics could perhaps be given the title: legacies. For people do also bequeath trifles, after all.
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Those who never have time do least.