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Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth,
grows torpid.
[Lat., Blandoque veneno
Desidiae virtus read more

Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth,
grows torpid.
[Lat., Blandoque veneno
Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.]

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To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as read more

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

by Iris Murdoch Found in: Fantasy Quotes,
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Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there,
Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,
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Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there,
Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,
And heard thy everlasting yarn confess
The Pains and Penalties of Idleness.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

by Sherlock Holmes Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]

That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]

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For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

by Robert Burton Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired read more

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

by Jeremy Collier Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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