And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Do not be deceived! The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness, their restlessness is weakness--they no longer have the capacity for waiting… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The greatest defect of common education is, that we are in the habit of putting pleasure all on one side, and weariness… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
... Oceanic malaise. I never saw anyone reading anything more demanding than a comic book. I never heard any youth express an… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Am I going home to idleness? No, no. My feet and hands may be still, not so the mind--that has its aspirations… — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
Transfer payments discourage the recipients from earning income in the present and from investing in their potential to earn income in the… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge;… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I rather would entreat thy company; To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardized at home, Wear out… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The state, by relieving idleness, improvidence, or misconduct from punishment, and depriving abstinence and foresight of the reward, which have been provided… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
[On filling out a grant application:] I seek an extended period of time, free from all distractions, so that I might be… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
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