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Idleness is the parent of all psychology
Idleness is the parent of all psychology
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
 Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, 
which every day produces, and which most read more 
 Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, 
which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but 
which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction 
for the life of man. 
 We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
 [Lat., Difficultas patrocinia praeteximus segnitiae.]  
 We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
 [Lat., Difficultas patrocinia praeteximus segnitiae.] 
It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that read more
It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.
Never get out of bed before noon
Never get out of bed before noon
…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...
…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.