Dreary Quote by Anonymous

I know of nothing that is so degenerating and so dangerous as idleness, for the brain will seek out mischief.

— Francis M. Lyman

Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by…

— Soren Kierkegaard

The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.

— Antoine Rivarol

Idleness only leads to bad deeds

— Magnus Stenbock

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

— Benjamin Franklin

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

— Tom Hodgkinson

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

— Robert Burton

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

— Hannah More

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

— John Quincy Adams

There is no idleness, by which we are so easily seduced, as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business, and by making…

— Samuel Johnson

Idleness is paralysis.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock