If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sick… - Martin Farquhar Tupper

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If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness, It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy of sheer amusement ; But when thou prosprest in health, and thine intellect can soar untired, To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper (17 July 1810 – November 1880) was an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy.

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