I think about this phrase regularly (and thank you, because I couldn't remember it precisely anymore). I left a [very] physical job and started to get a bit sof

I think about this phrase regularly (and thank you, because I couldn't remember it precisely anymore). I left a [very] physical job and started to get a bit soft; this is one of the meditations that sprung me back into action. There's still another, immature, nagging thought that maybe this is what they taught their young pupils with other ends in mind. It's just through the modern, more lofty lens we view these philosophers with that we attribute much more noble intent to such aphorisms. It's a bit cartoonish to think so, but it amuses me.