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Busy Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- False taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken…
- As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
- Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold…
- The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is…
- He that has too much to do will do something wrong.
- The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.
- Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded…
More Busy Quotes
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. — Jane Austen
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man… — Francis Bacon
- O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out. — Abu Bakr
- One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism… — Lucille Ball
- If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. — Lucille Ball
- The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. — Jeremy Bentham
- I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. — Bernard Berenson