Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Hesiod

Hesiod

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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

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Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

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Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

— Benjamin Franklin

I live an idle burden to the ground.

— Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")