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The much occupied man has no time for wantonness, and it is an obvious commonplace that the evils of leisure can be shaken off by hard work.

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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LVI: On quiet and study, line 9

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BCE - 65 AD)

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