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"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
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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."
"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease."
"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."
"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
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"In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge."
"I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes."
"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones."
"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."
"Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment."
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