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"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
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"A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."
Man
"He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves."
People
"Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health."
Health
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
Courage
"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
Business
"Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough."
Man
"The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older."
Age
"Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends."
Friendship
"Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded."
Truth
"I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."
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"I wonder at the idleness of tears."
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"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."
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"It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness."
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Personal Development
"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
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Personal Development
"Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron."
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Personal Development
"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
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Personal Development
"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease."
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Personal Development
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