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As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

Samuel Johnson
Peace, War, Purpose
Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.