The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. ✨ Lord Ph…

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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. ✨ Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author, p.533
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