“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.”
L'homme est ainsi fait qu'il ne se délasse d'un travail que par un autre.
Pt. II, ch. 4
Source: The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
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L'homme est ainsi fait qu'il ne se délasse d'un travail que par un autre.
Source: The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
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