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Socrates: He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better…

He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed.

In today’s wordsNot only is the person idle who does nothing, but also the one who could be better employed.

SocratesCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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