Part 1.3 Rights of Man
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)
“When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.”
Book XV, Ch. 2
The History of Tom Jones (1749)
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English novelist and dramatist 1707–1754Related quotes
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“When you have something to do, do it. When you have nothing to do, sleep.”
Source: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 4, “Sleepless in Miranda Port” (p. 33)
Variant: I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it--seems that only children weep.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird