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A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by
indolence.
[Lat., Utque alios industria, ita hunc read more
Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by
indolence.
[Lat., Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad vamam
protulat.]
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only read more
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to
learn to do nothing.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to
learn to do nothing.
What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?
What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.
A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
