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Quotations regarding 'Idleness'
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Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.
Karen Allen, American Actress (1951- )
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
Anne Baxter, American Actress (1923-1985)
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist (1842- )
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
George Borrow, British Author
Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
Robert Burton, English Writer (1577-1640)
Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
Samuel Butler, British Poet (1835-1902)
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher (1795-1881)
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist (1547-1616)
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist (1860-1904)
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman (1694- )
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman (1694- )
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.
Agatha Christie, English Writer (1890-1976)
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist (1873- )
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Jeremy Collier, English Clergyman
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
Cyril Connolly, English Journalist (1903-1974)
Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.
Ezra Cornell, American Businessman (1807-1874)
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
Benjamin Franklin, American Politician (1706-1790)
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
Hesiod, Greek Poet
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
Hesiod, Greek Poet
Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.
Victor Hugo, French Author (1802-1885)
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