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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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summers day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – 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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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – Samuel Johnson

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