I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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