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 An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
 As useless if it goes as when it stands.  
 An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
 As useless if it goes as when it stands. 
 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.] 
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.
 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.] 
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
 Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, 
grows torpid.
 [Lat., Blandoque veneno
  Desidiae virtus read more 
 Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, 
grows torpid.
 [Lat., Blandoque veneno
  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.] 
…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...
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.
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only read more
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.