Idleness Quotes

269 quotes by 187 authors

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. — Ambrose Bierce
Never get out of bed before noon. — Charles Bukowski
Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable. — Julie Burchill
Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness. — Samuel Butler
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. — Thomas Carlyle
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. — Miguel de Cervantes
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. — Anton Chekhov
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow… — Lord Chesterfield
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself… — Agatha Christie
It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt. — William J. Clinton
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. — Benjamin Franklin
One of the amusements of idleness is reading without fatigue of close attention; and the world, therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to… — Samuel Johnson
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which… — Matthieu Ricard
IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices. — Ambrose Bierce
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds. — Lord Chesterfield
In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train… — Lydia Sigourney
Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless. — Ovid
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 induces caprice. — James Russell Lowell
Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness. — Thomas Carlyle

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