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“The devil finds work for idle hands.” — English proverb
by nntwozz 1y ago
“The devil finds work for idle hands.” — English proverb
- RhysU 1y agoThat saying is old old old going at least back to Chaucer (1343-1400): > For Solomon says that `idleness teaches a man to do many evils.' [1] https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/tale-melibee-0 https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/tale-melibee-0
- readthenotes1 1y agoI've always heard it as "Idle hands are the devil's workshop", but that's perhaps a bit too much puritan work ethic in my birth culture