Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle… — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr Copy Share Image
He who expects from a great name in politics, in philosophy, in art, equal greatness in other things, is little versed in… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
True belief and true repentance are twins: it would be idle to attempt to say which is born first. All the spokes… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It is idle to dispute with old men. Their opinions, like their cranial sutures, are ossified. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced at in jest,… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There are no idle thoughts. All thinking produces form at some level. — Helen Schucman Copy Share Image
although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
The Parisian is to the French what the Athenian was to the Greeks: no one sleeps better than he, no one is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I don't fear being idle, but I can't risk being part of a wrong film. — Kunal Kapoor Copy Share Image
“We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time.” — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The factors left out of the Ricardian equation are falling wages and idle capacity. — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
I belong to an ancient, idle, wild and useless tribe, perhaps I am even one of the last members of it, who… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
I think the most joyous thing in life is to loaf around and watch another bloke do a job of work. Look… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
How long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent? As if one… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
After visiting several of America's most fashionable playgrounds, I have reached the conclusion that men who work hard enjoy life most. The… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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