Employed

Famous quotes containing the word employed:

    And if the civilized man’s pursuits are no worthier than the savage’s, if he is employed the greater part of his life in obtaining gross necessaries and comforts merely, why should he have a better dwelling than the former?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    There is only one vice, which may be found in life with as strong features, and as high a colouring as needs be employed by any satyrist or comic poet; and that is AVARICE.
    David Hume (1711–1776)

    Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)