Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

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.

I live an idle burden to the ground.

I live an idle burden to the ground.

Evil thoughts often come from idleness.

Evil thoughts often come from idleness.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time,
which every day produces, and which most read more

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time,
which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but
which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction
for the life of man.

…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...

…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

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.