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An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless if it goes as when it stands.
An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless if it goes as when it stands.
A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a
trial of which you read more
A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a
trial of which you can have no conception.
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
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.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant,
remains fruitless.
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant,
remains fruitless.
The frivolous work of polished idleness.
- Sir James Mackintosh,
The frivolous work of polished idleness.
- Sir James Mackintosh,
Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]
Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]
