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For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
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 is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired read more
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
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.
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is
corrupted unless it moves.
[Lat., Cernis ut read more
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is
corrupted unless it moves.
[Lat., Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant otia corpus
Ut capiant vitium ni moveantur aquae.]
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
In the diligence of his idleness.
[Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]
In the diligence of his idleness.
[Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]
