To be lost in thought is not to be idle. There is visible work and invisible work. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do.
[On n’est pas inoccupé parce qu’on est absorbé. Il y a le labeur visible et le labeur invisible. Contempler, c’est labourer; penser, c’est agir.]
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 2 “Cosette,” Book 7 “A Parenthesis,” ch. 8 (2.7.8) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]
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Les Misérables, Part 2 "Cosette," Book 7 "A Parenthesis," ch. 8 (2.7.8) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)] - Hugo, Victor | WIST Quotations
To be lost in thought is not to be idle. There is visible work and invisible work. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. [On n’est pas inoccupé parce qu’on est absorbé. Il y a le labeur visible et le labeur invisible.WIST Quotations
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