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Topic·Idleness✕clear
Age of Enlightenment1 quote
We would all be idle if we could. — Samuel Johnson · 1776
Spanish Golden Age1 quote
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615