Idleness, which is often becoming and even wise in the bachelor, begins to wear a different aspect when you have a wife to support. (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Idleness, which is often becoming and even wise in the bachelor, begins to wear a different aspect when you have a wife to support.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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