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Were't not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
I rather read more
Were't not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
I rather would entreat thy company
To see the wonders of the world abroad
Than, living dully sluggardized at home,
Wear out thy youth with shapeless 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.]
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in 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.
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
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.
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.]
