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Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Anger
Makes
Work
People
Peevish
Stalwart
Prone
Feeble
Idleness

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