The vigorous man industriously striving for the improvement of his con…

Ludwig von Mises
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The vigorous man industriously striving for the improvement of his condition acts neither more nor less than the lethargic man who sluggishly takes things as they come. For to do nothing and to be idle are also action, they too determine the course of events. ✨ Ludwig Von Mises (1963). Human action: a treatise on economics
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