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Thomas Carlyle Quotes: Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.
         

Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.


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Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.
         



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