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    Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth,
    grows torpid.
    [Lat., Blandoque veneno
    Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.]

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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.]

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An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
[Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]

An idle life always produces varied inclinations.
[Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]

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For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

by Robert Burton Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that read more

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

by Sidney Madwed Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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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.

by Phaedrus Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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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.]

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Idleness is the parent of all psychology

Idleness is the parent of all psychology

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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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.

by Sir Aubrey De Vere Found in: Idleness Quotes,
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I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

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