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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations.
1989
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NUMBER:
876
AUTHOR:
John Quincy Adams (17671848)
QUOTATION:
La molesse est douce, et sa suite est cruelle.
(Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.)
ATTRIBUTION:
Attributed to
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
in his diary. Unverified.
SUBJECTS:
Idleness
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