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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.
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.
I live an idle burden to the ground.
I live an idle burden to the ground.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
[Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely
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.]
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.]
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor read more
There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.
