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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor read more
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.
I live an idle burden to the ground.
I live an idle burden to the ground.
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
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.
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.
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.]
Evil thoughts often come from idleness.
Evil thoughts often come from idleness.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
