For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more… — Cicero
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.
In the original Latin
Omnium autem rerum, ex quibus aliquid acquiritur, nihil est agri cultura melius
On Duties · 44 BC
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. On Obligations, translated by P. G. Walsh. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 42, sect. 151.
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Officiis [On Obligations]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 42, sect. 151.
