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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Quotes

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Source:Essay 1. In Praise of Idleness
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Bertrand Russell (In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Quotes)
  • Book: In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
  • Writer: Bertrand Russell
  • Genre: Philosophy, Essays
  • Published: 1935
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