Quote#Truth
Is not true leisure
Quote byJohn Sullivan Dwight · 1813–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Stanza 1. Compare: "Absence of occupation is not rest", William Cowper, Retirement, line 623..
English (original)
Is not true leisure One with true toil?
— John Sullivan Dwight
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