“Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.”
"On the Pleasure of Painting" <br class="br"> Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
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