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The insupportable labor of doing nothing.
Richard Steele
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Richard Steele
Age: 57 †
Born: 1672
Born: March 12
Died: 1729
Died: September 1
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
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Dublin city
Sir Richard Steele
Nothing
Insupportable
Laziness
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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
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I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker.
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