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The much occupied man has no time for wantonness, and it is an obvious commonplace that the evils of leisure can be shaken off by hard work.

— Seneca the Younger

numquam vacat lascivire districtis, nihilque tam certum est quam otii vitia negotio discuti.

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Nothing is so certain as that the evils of idleness can be shaken off by hard work. (translator unknown).

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