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Quote by William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind d

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. – William Cowper

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Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. – Antoine Arnauld

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He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. – Benjamin Franklin

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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue – Natalie Clifford Barney

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He has hard work who has nothing to do. – Proverb

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