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Bertrand Russell

“Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.' But I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached. I hope that, after reading the following pages, the leaders of the YMCA will start a campaign to induce good young men to do nothing. If so, I shall not have lived in vain.”

Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
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