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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.
Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy read more
How various his employments whom the world
Calls idle; and who justly in return
Esteems that busy world an idler too!
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to
learn to do nothing.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to
learn to do nothing.
Never get out of bed before noon
Never get out of bed before noon
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace
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.]
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
