Quote by Samuel Johnson
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefo

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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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. – Samuel Johnson

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is. – William E. Barrett

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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. – Proverb

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The hour of idleness is the hour of temptation. – Proverb

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

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