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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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You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson

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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. – Proverb

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There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – John Ruskin

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

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The hardest work is to go idle. – Yiddish Proverb

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