Voltaire: Shun idleness: it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

Shun idleness: it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. — Voltaire

Shun idleness: it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

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