"For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do."
"A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul."
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Source: Isaac Watts (1832). “The Improvement of the Mind: To which are Added a Discourse on the Education of Children and Youth; and Short Essays on Various Subjects”, p.31
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