Maria Edgeworth Quote

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.


Popular Tales: The lottery (ed. 1805)


There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.