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desidia

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An interesting association of Alciati's emblem of Desidia with the figure on the far right of Bruegel's Wedding Breakfast results in the somewhat dubious conclusion that the "gentleman is as lazy and profligate as the peasants he considers his inferiors.
An interesting association of Alciati's emblem of Desidia with the figure on the far right of Bruegel's Wedding Breakfast results in the somewhat dubious conclusion that the "gentleman is as lazy and profligate as the peasants he considers his inferiors.
Mulier annis domi detinetur in desidia, ac velut altioris provinciae incapax, nihil praeter acus et filum concipere permittitur.
 
 
 
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