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. 1998 Dec 12;317(7173):1632.

Not born to be idle

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“I also know,” said Candide, “that we must cultivate our garden.”

“You are right,” said Pangloss, “for when man was put into the Garden of Eden, he was put there to work, which proves that man was not born to be idle.”

“Let us work, then, without arguing,” said Martin; “it is the only way of making life bearable.”

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Voltaire, Candide (1758)


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