I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.


Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son (ed. 1827)


I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.