Those who continually change their occupations never achieve proficiency in even a single one of their tasks, whereas those who apply themselves constantly to the same activities perform each thing they do surpassingly well. Isocrates. Busiris. Speech 11. Section 16.
Image: Relief depicting Roman metalworkers, possibly a shop sign, 1st century CE from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.
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