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> [Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to take, be sure of it. To live idle upon the substance of society! To be useless, that is to say, noxious! This leads straight to the lowest depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/idleness-pleasure-what-abysses-to-do-nothing-is-a-dreary-course-to/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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