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"Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds."
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"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish."
"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."
"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease."
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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."
"Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another."
"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."
"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
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