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Quote by John Lubbock
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has no

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. – John Lubbock

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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. – St. Jerome

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Idleness is certainly the Cause, and Busyness the never-failing Cure of Melancholy. – Author unknown, circa mid-1700s, possibly Charles Palmer

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The real source of almost all our crimes, if the trouble is taken to trace them to a common origin, will be found to be in idleness. – Walter Gaston Shotwell

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Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle. – E.V. Lucas

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