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.
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- Attributed to
- Seneca the Younger
- Source
- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius) / Letter LVI: On quiet and study, Line 9
- Culture / tradition
- Roman
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