Work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
Wilfrid Cumbermede · 1872
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If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Henry IV, Part 1 · 1597
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard · 1881