Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
1778 – 1830 Description William Hazlitt/Anon Eng Details WILLIAM HAZLITT English writer Source Unattributed engraving Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
—William Hazlitt
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