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By vulgar arts I mean those pursued only for reputation.
— Vulgarity
By vulgar arts I mean those pursued only for reputation.
Any occupation, art, or science, which makes the body or soul or mind of the freeman less fit for the practice or exercise of virtue, is vulgar; wherefore we call those arts vulgar which tend to deform the body, and likewise all paid employments, for they absorb and degrade the mind.
A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.
