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…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...
Idleness is the parent of all psychology
Idleness is the parent of all psychology
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.
Never get out of bed before noon
Never get out of bed before noon
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.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.
I live an idle burden to the ground.
I live an idle burden to the ground.
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.
What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?
What heart can think, or tongue express,
The harm that groweth of idleness?