Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment: for lust easily creeps in at those emptinesses where the soul is unemployed and the body is at ease; no easy, healthful, idle person was ever chaste if he could.
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This quote is just one of 12 total Jeremy Taylor quotes in our collection. Jeremy Taylor is known for saying 'Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment: for lust easily creeps in at those emptinesses where the soul is unemployed and the body is at ease; no easy, healthful, idle person was ever chaste if he could.' as well as some of the following quotes.
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This quote is just one of 12 total Jeremy Taylor quotes in our collection. Jeremy Taylor is known for saying 'Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment: for lust easily creeps in at those emptinesses where the soul is unemployed and the body is at ease; no easy, healthful, idle person was ever chaste if he could.' as well as some of the following quotes.