Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to …

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Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to take, be sure of it. To live idle upon the substance of society! To be useless, that is to say, noxious! This leads straight to the lowest depth of misery. ✨ Victor Hugo (2000). Les Mis??rables, p.798, Modern Library
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