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We say of some Nations, the People are lazy, but we should say only, they are...
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Neal Stephenson
Book:
The Confusion
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We say of some Nations, the People are lazy, but we should say only, they are poor; Poverty is the Fountain of all Manner of Idleness. -DANIEL DEFOE, A Plan of the English Commerce
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