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Letter "I" » Idleness
«?for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...»
«Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel»
«Am I going home to idleness? No, no. My feet and hands may be still, not so the mind--that has its aspirations yet, and it will work, for it has a law unto itself. Idleness is one thing, doing is another.»
«Idleness is an appendix to nobility»
«Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Idleness
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Dead Sea
«Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Idleness,
Pride
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heavier, heavy-handed, parliaments
«Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Government,
Idleness,
Pride
| Keywords:
governments, heavier, heavy-handed, idleness
«Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.»
«Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools»
«Be not solitary, be not idle»
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