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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

proverb suggesting that lack of free time encourages lack of spirit
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Summary

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy is an English proverbs[1]. It draws 467 Wikipedia views per month (english_proverbs category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy's instance of is recorded as English proverbs[3].
  • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy's instance of is recorded as proverb[4].
  • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy's Commons category is recorded as All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy[5].
  • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027_jmk[6].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include English proverbs[3] and proverb[4].

Why It Matters

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy draws 467 Wikipedia views per month (english_proverbs category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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