Famous quotes about hardship and simplicity

1. Since people cannot work continuously, they need to rest. Rest is not an end, it occurs for the sake of real activity.

From: [Ancient Greece] Aristotle: "Nicomachean Ethics"

Introduction: Aristotle (Aristotle 384 BC ~ 322 BC) , ancient sage, ancient Greek, one of the great philosophers, scientists and educators in the ancient history of the world, can be called the master of Greek philosophy. He was a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander.

2. Rest is the condiment of labor.

From: [Ancient Greece] Plutarch: "Children's Education"

Introduction: Plutarch (about 46-119 AD), Greece during the Roman Empire Biographer, ethicist. Born into a noble family in Chaeronea, central Greece. In 66 AD, he studied philosophy in Athens and later went to Alexandria for further study.

3. Rest! The fields left fallow will yield abundant fruits.

From: [Ancient Rome] Ovid: "The Art of Love"

Introduction: Born in Surmo near Rome, died in Tomi on the Black Sea. When he was young, he studied rhetoric in Rome and was very interested in poetry. He was married three times, and the third wife was from a famous family, which gave him the opportunity to enter the upper class and make friends with royal poets.

4. A person who lives a good life should divide his time into three parts: labor, enjoyment, rest or recreation.

From: [Russia] Chernyshevsky: "What to Do?"

Introduction: Nikolai Gavrinovich Chernyshevsky (Russian: Николай гавринович черничевский, July 12, 1828 - October 29, 1889), Russian materialist philosopher, literary critic, writer, and revolutionary democrat.

5. People should combine work and rest, and be relaxed and relaxed.

From: [Ancient Rome] Cato: "Couplets in the Poems of Muribuse"