Life is short. Work is for those who will never be able to understand life. Idleness cannot degrade a man. To the discriminating eye it differs from laziness.

La vie est courte. Le travail est pour ceux qui ne la comprendront jamais. La fainéan- tise ne dégrade pas l'homme. A qui voit juste, elle diffère de la paresse.

René Maran

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Topic

Taking it easy Idleness Laziness

Author

René Maran

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

Martinique Caribbean

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Original Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala. Albin Michel, 1921, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala, translated by Adele Szold Seltzer. Heinemann, 1988, ch. 1.

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T. E. Lawrence
Source
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Time
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Author

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Source
Pensées
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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