Robert Burton: Employment, which Galen calls "nature's physician," is so essential to human…
Employment, which Galen calls "nature's physician," is so essential to human happiness that indolence is justly considered the mother of misery.
In today’s wordsWork, which Galen called "nature's physician," is so essential to human happiness that idleness is rightly considered the mother of misery.
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