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«We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.»
«To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.»
«The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error.»
«The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy.»
«The busy man is troubled with but one devil; the idle man by a thousand»

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