A Quote by Robert Blair
Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.
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Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.
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