Luxury enervates; necessitous labor strengthens.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Praise enervates, flattery poisons; but a smart, brisk snub is always rather wholesome.
"The Editor's Relations With The Young Contributor From "Literature and Life""
William Dean Howells
But, Ernest, do you not feel already how it enervates?
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton