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The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hope, Reason, Crime
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series”, p.13, Library of America
The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes.