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Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. — Voltaire

Novel · Satire

Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.

In the original French

Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux, l'ennui, le vice, et le besoin.

Voltaire
Candide · 1759
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Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 30.
Original citation
Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 30.

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