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Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. repr. in Works of Samuel Johnson, Yale Edition, vol. 2, eds. W.J. Bate, John M. Bullitt and L.F. Powell (1963). The Idler, no. 1, Universal Chronicle (London, April 15, 1758).

"As peace is the end of war," Johnson wrote, "so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy."

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