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All Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow. Take time to rest.  ~Evan Esar~

All Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow. Take time to rest. ~Evan Esar~

Jen Fad · Friday, July 16th 2010 at 8:18AM · 434 views
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy is a proverb. Its meaning is that without time off from work, a person becomes bored and boring. The sentiment expressed by this proverb was first recorded thousands of years ago by the Egyptian sage Ptahhotep, who wrote in 2400 B.C.

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