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For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

Isaac Watts

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Isaac Watts
Satan
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Still
Mischief
Always
Idleness
Laziness
Idle

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