/ · 1894 Brewer’s · D · Diligence
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is that energy and industry which we show when we do what we like (Latin, dilʹigo, I like); but indolence is that listless manner with which we do what thoroughly vexes us. (Latin, in, intensive; doleo, to grieve.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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