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Quote by John Ruskin
There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and

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

Other quotes by John Ruskin

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. – John Ruskin

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Religion
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John Ruskin
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As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. – John Ruskin

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Clothing
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Other Quotes from
Idleness
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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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Idleness

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

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Idleness

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

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Idleness

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

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Idleness

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Fasting strengthens control over our appetites, thus contributing to self-mastery. – George Romney

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Italian food is all about ingredients and its not fussy and its not fancy. – Wolfgang Puck

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I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. Its funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but Im not religious at all. I have no religion. – Sarah Silverman

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funny

Build a little fence of trust around today;
Fill the space with loving deeds,
And therein stay.
Look not through the sheltering bars
Upon tomorrow;
God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow. – Mary F. Butts

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Trust