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Jean Genet:I give the name violence to a

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I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.
by Jean Genet


Victor Hugo:A man is not idle because he is

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
by Victor Hugo


Samuel Johnson:Life is not long, and too much of

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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
by Samuel Johnson


Socrates:If thou continuest to take delight in

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If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men.
by Socrates


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