Idleness and lack of occupation tend—nay are dragged—towards evil.

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Hippocrates of Kos (; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, named after his grandfather Hippocrates I (also Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates I of Kos) was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who...

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Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.