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Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.

Johann Gottfried Seume

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Johann Gottfried Seume
Age: 47 †
Born: 1763
Born: January 29
Died: 1810
Died: June 13
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J. G. Seume
Idleness
Stupidity
Stupid
Body
Mind

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