“Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.”

— John Quincy Adams

La molesse est doce, et sa suite est cruelle.
Attributed as a diary entry, as quoted in Respectfully Quoted : A Dictionary of Quotations (1992) by Suzy Platt

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