Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle—that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits may easily be shot, while fliers escape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a liring inau.—Quarles.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3796, 26 February 1881, Page 2
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48Untitled Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3796, 26 February 1881, Page 2
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