quote · Words worth keeping
In idleness there is perpetual despair.
In idleness there is perpetual despair.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Thomas Carlyle
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- c. 1838 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1795–1881); not necessarily a composition date.
The voice behind the words.
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