“Too much rest is rust.”

— Walter Scott , book The Betrothed

The The Betrothed (1825), Volume I, Chapter XIII http://books.google.com/books?id=3w8OAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Too+much+rest+is+rust%22&pg=PA226#v=onepage

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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