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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches; and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches; and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Johnson. · page_490
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