idle man
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It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.
2986. See that thou be alway a doing of something, and be ever ashamed to catch thyself idle : The idle man is content to anticipate Death, by being out of Motion; but high Souls, like the Heaven they come from, move continually, and are uncapable of Rest, until they rest there.
He devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil.
An idle man is the devil's pillow.
An idle man is the devil's bolster.