Philosophical literatureFor of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.CiceroOn Duties · 44 BC★ 3.8
PoemHappy the man who, far away from business, like the race of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay.HoraceEpodes · 30 BC★ 3.6
PoemBowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.Edwin Markham1899★ 3.5
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.Masanobu Fukuoka1975★ 1.9
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