Leo Tolstoy Quotes

According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work
Idleness
Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness Before The Fall. The Love Of Idleness Has Been Preserved In Fallen Man, But Now A Heavy Curse Lies Upon Him, Not Only Because We Have To Earn Our Bread By The Sweat Of Our Brow, But Also Because Our Sense Of Morality Will Not Allow Us To Be Both Idle And At Ease. Whenever We Are Idle A Secret Voice Keeps Telling Us To Feel Guilty. If Man Could Discover A State In Which He Could Be Idle And Still Feel Useful And On The Path Of Duty, He Would Have Regained One Aspect Of That Primitive State Of Blessedness. And There Is One Such State Of Enforced And Irreproachable Idleness Enjoyed By An Entire Class Of Men
The Military Class. It Is This State Of Enforced And Irreproachable Idleness That Forms The Chief Attraction Of Military Service, And It Always Will.

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

Leo Tolstoy Quotes: According To The Biblical Tradition The Absence Of Work Idleness Was A Condition Of The First Man's State Of Blessedness

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