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Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
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.]
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.]
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.
Evil thoughts often come from idleness.
Evil thoughts often come from idleness.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
[Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.]
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
[Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.]
How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy read more
How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy world an idler too!
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible
