“Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
“For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.”
Book I, section 42. Translation by Cyrus R. Edmonds (1873), p. 73
De Officiis – On Duties (44 BC)
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