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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up… — Anatole France

Novel

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

In the original French

L'homme est ainsi fait qu'il ne se délasse d'un travail que par un autre.

Anatole France
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard · 1881
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LeisureStaying busyHuman nature
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Novel
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1881
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Anatole France
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France, Anatole. Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard [The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard]. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1881, pt. 2, ch. 4.

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