Work relieves us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and want.

Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need

It's all very well in practice, but it will never work in theory.

God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home

Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.